Boleslaus

Boys' name

Bigger, greater + glory, fame, through Bolesław

Boleslaus has been given to 255 babies in the U.S. since 1911. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1923, with 25 recorded.

Babies named Boleslaus, 1932

1 in 302,000

Boleslaus over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Boleslaus: meaning, origin, and history

Bigger, greater + glory, fame, through Bolesław

Polish

What Boleslaus means

Boleslaus belongs to the name family reached through Boleslaus → Bolesław → *Boľeslavъ. Its meaning is “bigger, greater + glory, fame”.

Origin, language, and formation

Boleslaus is used in Latin. Its origins include Polish.

Boleslaus comes through Polish Bolesław and Indonesian Latinization.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bolesław and *Boľeslavъ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Boleslaus is pronounced [bɔˈɫɛs.ɫa.ʊs].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 255 boys were recorded with the name Boleslaus between 1911 and 1932. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1923; its best national rank was #1,262 in 1913.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Boleslaus?

Boleslaus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1932, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1932: 1 in 302,000; 7 of 2,111,250 births
Among boys only: 1 in 149,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1932: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 209,059 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Boleslaus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1932 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 209,059 children born in 1932 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Boleslaus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Boleslauss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Boleslaus was born before 1919 — so the typical Boleslaus is around 106 today.

Median birth year: 1919; About 106 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 50.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 50.6% of all recorded uses (129).

Is Boleslaus rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1923 (25)
Years since peak: 102; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 44.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,262; 1913

Where Boleslaus is used

Across 1910–2025, Boleslaus was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 546,682 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Illinois1 in —
2Michigan1 in —
3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Boleslaus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Boleslaus by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,262; 1913
Peak year: 1923; 25 that year
First recorded: 1911
Last recorded: 1932
All-time count: 255
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Boleslaus

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Boleslaus

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Filomena Novella Aletha Dorcas Vernice Albertha Rosina Kattie

For a brother

Elwin Rubin Alvis Eldridge Trinidad Hobert Harland Walton

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