# Jaroslav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaroslav/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 70, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,202 |
| 1919 | 7 | 3,569 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |

## People named Jaroslav

- Jaroslav Hašek, Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)
- Jaroslav Seifert, Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate (1901–1986)
- Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist (1890-1967)
- Jaroslav Plašil, Czech footballer (born 1982)
- Jaroslav Vrchlický, Czech lyrical poet (1853–1912)
- Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Drobný, Czech tennis and ice hockey player (1921–2001)
- Jaroslav Soukup, Czech biathlete
- Jaroslav Sakala, Czech ski jumper
- Jaroslav Šilhavý, Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Kulhavý, Czech cyclist
- Jaroslav Burgr, Czech footballer (1906-1986)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.