Wladyslaw
Wladyslaw is a name with a single cultural origin: Polish.
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Wladyslaw
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wladyslaw is a name with a single cultural origin: Polish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
The Story of Wladyslaw
The earliest SSA record of Wladyslaw as a baby boy name dates back to 1911, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Wladyslaw — #1,646 in the national rankings. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 77% of all recorded Wladyslaws. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1925 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 119 Wladyslaws have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Wladyslaw
Wladyslaw is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 119 births in the dataset. Wladyslaw's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #1,646. Use the chart and map above to compare Wladyslaw's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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