Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jarek

#3,555 most common boys' name of all time · #8,672 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among boys
#3,555
Rank overall
#8,672 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,627
Since 2016
163
Peak year
2000 #1,604
Best rank
#1,546 1997
Girls Boys peak 74/yr
198020002020

Jarek first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 21 21 #4,762
2024 — 22 22 #4,633
2023 — 15 15 #6,038
2022 — 8 8 #9,234
2021 — 10 10 #7,782
2020 — 9 9 #8,284
2019 — 14 14 #6,222
2018 — 24 24 #4,285
2017 — 23 23 #4,386
2016 — 17 17 #5,424
2015 — 25 25 #4,127
2014 — 44 44 #2,733
2013 — 34 34 #3,233
2012 — 59 59 #2,226
2011 — 46 46 #2,648
2010 — 41 41 #2,899
2009 — 53 53 #2,427
2008 — 36 36 #3,200
2007 — 52 52 #2,457
2006 — 45 45 #2,649
2005 — 52 52 #2,289
2004 — 55 55 #2,154
2003 — 59 59 #1,979
2002 — 69 69 #1,702
2001 — 65 65 #1,758
2000 — 74 74 #1,604
1999 — 60 60 #1,729
1998 — 64 64 #1,637
1997 — 67 67 #1,546
1996 — 46 46 #1,953
1995 — 40 40 #2,099
1994 — 49 49 #1,790
1993 — 58 58 #1,575
1992 — 32 32 #2,345
1991 — 34 34 #2,181
1990 — 45 45 #1,778
1989 — 37 37 #1,989
1988 — 17 17 #3,180
1987 — 20 20 #2,719
1986 — 16 16 #3,113
1985 — 15 15 #3,200
1984 — 11 11 #3,896
1983 — 5 5 #7,009
1982 — 6 6 #6,183
1981 — 8 8 #4,898
1979 — 12 12 #3,561
1978 — 6 6 #5,670
1977 — 7 7 #5,095