# Miroslav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/miroslav/  
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 | 157 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 157 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 195, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 8,094 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,571 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,787 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,366 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,191 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,640 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,412 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,958 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,610 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,679 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,614 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,762 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,695 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,586 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8,036 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Miroslav

- Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (1893–1981)
- Miroslav Blažević, Bosnian-Croatian footballer and manager (1935–2023)
- Miroslav Kostadinov, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
- Miroslav Vitouš, Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
- Miroslav Kadlec, Czech footballer
- Miroslav Votava, German football player and coach
- Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cameraman (1934-2015)
- Miroslav Stevanović, Bosnian association football player
- Miroslav Filip, Czech chess player (1928-2009)
- Miroslav Tyrš, Czech art historian, sports organizer and founder of the Sokol movement (1832-1884)
- Miroslav Koubek, Czech association football player and coach
- Miroslav Tichý, Czech photographer and painter (1926-2011)

## 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.