Yaroslav — #7477 US boys' name
257 babies named Yaroslav in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Yaroslav was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Yaroslav in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yaroslav
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Yaroslav between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yaroslav currently holds the #7477 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yaroslav performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yaroslav shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yaroslav in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yaroslav 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 257 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.
Yaroslav at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Yaroslav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2016)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #7477 among boys.
257 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 17 births in a single year.
Yaroslav by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 126 births that decade — 49% of Yaroslav's all-time total
Yaroslav decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yaroslav's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Yaroslav by state
Where Yaroslav concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 10 | 3.9% |
10 of 257 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.