Jarek
Boy · YAR-ek · Slavic
Jarek is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “fierce, vigorous”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Jarek mean?
Slavic: Polish and Czech short form of Jaroslaw or Jaromir
“fierce, vigorous”
A Polish and Czech short form of names such as Jaroslaw and Jaromir, from the Slavic element jary.
- Say it
- YAR-ek
Is Jarek a girl's or a boy's name?
Jarek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jarek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Jarek, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 74 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Jarek in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jarek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,208 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 69 | #1,691 |
| 2001 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,619 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,929 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 49 | #1,768 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
Names like Jarek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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