Boys' name · since 1998
Yaroslav
Yaroslav has 266 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,314 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,578 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
266 babies have been named Yaroslav since 1998, making it today's #8578 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaroslav has been recorded 266 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #8578 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #11,314 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,578 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 266 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaroslav ranks #11,314 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,578 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 266 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,314 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,578 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yaroslav's 266 recorded births place it above 75.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Yaroslav compares
266 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yaroslav's all-time total is 28% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yaroslav | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 266 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yaroslav's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yaroslav's full recorded timeline at 2012, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yaroslav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Yaroslav by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Yaroslav's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Yaroslav births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (47% 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 | 3.8% |
10 of 266 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yaroslav's data
- Yaroslav's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Yaroslavs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yaroslav: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yaroslav draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.