Boleslaw — boys' name

What the Data Says About Boleslaw

The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Boleslaw between 1909 and 1927, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Boleslaw currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Boleslaw performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Boleslaw shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Boleslaw in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Boleslaw in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 277 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.