Wladyslaw — boys' name
119 babies named Wladyslaw in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
77% of everyone ever named Wladyslaw was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Wladyslaw in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wladyslaw
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Wladyslaw between 1911 and 1925, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wladyslaw currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wladyslaw performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wladyslaw shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wladyslaw in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wladyslaw 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 119 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.
Wladyslaw at a glance
Last recorded 1925Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wladyslaw popularity over time
- Peak year (1916)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1925.
119 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 19 births in a single year.
Wladyslaw by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 92 births that decade — 77% of Wladyslaw's all-time total
Wladyslaw decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Wladyslaw's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
Wladyslaw by state
Where Wladyslaw concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 6 | 5.0% |
6 of 119 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1925 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.