Vladimir
Vladimir was given to 87 boys in 2025, #1,836 among boys’ names; 6,190 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,630 Americans named Vladimir and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 12 and 34.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vladimir by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vladimir mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vladimir is “a transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.” Its etymology gives the senses “power” (владь) and “be strong” (*h₂welh₁-) and “great” (мѣръ).
Also “a male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.”
From Russian Владимир (Vladimir), as well as from other Slavic cognates, and reinforced by Medieval Latin Vladimirus, name of several saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ), Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ (which see for more), equivalent to владь (vladĭ, “power”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”)) and мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”), changed by folk etymology into миръ (mirŭ, “peace”). Compare Waldemar.
/ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vladimir?
#1,836 among boys’ names, 2025
Vladimir fell from #1,138 in 2015 to #1,836 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 87.1 to 50.9 per million.
180 babies in 2016, the peak
Vladimir peaked in 2016, when 180 boys were given it, #1,095 among boys’ names. The 87 births of 2025 are 48% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #1,836 | 50.9 |
| 2024 | 81 | #1,955 | 47.0 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,849 | 50.9 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,625 | 61.9 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,438 | 72.0 |
| 2020 | 117 | #1,471 | 67.8 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,295 | 80.3 |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,275 | 79.8 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,168 | 87.0 |
| 2016 | 180 | #1,095 | 94.8 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 167 | #1,138 | 87.1 |
| 2014 | 166 | #1,146 | 86.4 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,296 | 70.8 |
| 2012 | 147 | #1,216 | 77.5 |
| 2011 | 160 | #1,135 | 84.2 |
| 2010 | 179 | #1,081 | 93.3 |
| 2009 | 156 | #1,167 | 78.6 |
| 2008 | 160 | #1,141 | 78.4 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,196 | 71.3 |
| 2006 | 151 | #1,136 | 73.5 |
| 2005 | 156 | #1,068 | 78.1 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,284 | 58.9 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,303 | 54.7 |
| 2002 | 122 | #1,165 | 62.8 |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,188 | 59.2 |
| 2000 | 136 | #1,058 | 69.2 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,430 | 42.7 |
| 1998 | 129 | #1,046 | 67.5 |
| 1997 | 123 | #1,042 | 65.2 |
| 1996 | 94 | #1,203 | 49.6 |
| 1995 | 101 | #1,139 | 53.1 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,239 | 45.5 |
| 1993 | 93 | #1,158 | 47.4 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,205 | 43.6 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,208 | 41.6 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,175 | 41.9 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,077 | 47.5 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,141 | 40.7 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,173 | 36.4 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,116 | 39.1 |
| 1985 | 43 | #1,541 | 23.3 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,347 | 27.7 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,359 | 26.8 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,411 | 25.4 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,168 | 35.2 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,493 | 23.5 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,268 | 30.8 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,257 | 31.7 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,251 | 31.0 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,318 | 29.3 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,501 | 23.1 |
| 1974 | 41 | #1,349 | 26.1 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,352 | 25.0 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,362 | 24.1 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,233 | 26.0 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,459 | 18.3 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,676 | 14.0 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,610 | 14.4 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,806 | 11.5 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,213 | 7.8 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,171 | 8.1 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,657 | 5.5 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,109 | 7.9 |
| 1962 | 17 | #2,030 | 8.2 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,403 | 6.1 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,861 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,814 | 4.7 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,260 | 3.8 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,627 | 5.1 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,786 | 4.7 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,753 | 4.9 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,806 | 2.9 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,387 | 6.1 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,862 | 4.6 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,840 | 4.8 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,571 | 5.6 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,221 | 4.9 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,023 | 3.6 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,121 | 5.7 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,819 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,159 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,325 | 10.3 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,619 | 8.7 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,555 | 9.7 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,994 | 8.1 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,082 | 7.7 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,740 | 5.8 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,172 | 12.8 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,582 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,265 | 12.6 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,599 | 21.3 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,179 | 13.5 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,928 | 9.0 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,342 | 12.4 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,870 | 17.3 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,947 | 16.5 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,762 | 19.1 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,260 | 5.6 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,503 | 12.2 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,159 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,583 | 23.8 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,943 | 18.0 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,548 | 24.7 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,863 | 19.9 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,796 | 21.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vladimir a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vladimir has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 105 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Vladimir: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vladimir, and how old are they?
5,630 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 6,190 Americans ever recorded as Vladimir. The median Vladimir alive today is 21 years old; half are between 12 and 34.
The 2020 Census counted 23,369 people named Vladimir (37 women and girls, 23,332 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,138 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 17 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 115 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 516 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,140 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,150 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,690 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Vladimir born?
The states with the most babies named Vladimir are California, New York and Texas, with 67% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 11 | #1,575 | 1.3× |
| New York | 9 | #1,287 | 2.5× |
| Texas | 9 | #1,900 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 8 | #1,462 | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,269 | 0.8× |
Where Vladimir is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vladimir is most over-represented in New York: since 1913 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vladimir with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vladimir
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vladimir and names like it
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- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vladimir since 1910.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Vladimir.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Vladimir alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with VMost given first.