Wenceslaus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wenceslaus

The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Wenceslaus between 1915 and 1939, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wenceslaus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wenceslaus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wenceslaus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wenceslaus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wenceslaus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 61 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.