Ladislaus

Boys' name

Power

Ladislaus has been given to 212 babies in the U.S. since 1906. 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 1915, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Ladislaus, 1934

1 in 415,000

Ladislaus 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ladislaus: meaning, origin, and history

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Slavic languages

What Ladislaus means

Ladislaus means “power”, associated with voldь.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Ladislaus, Latinization of a Slavic royal name *Voldislavъ, from the elements Proto-Slavic *voldь (“power”) (see *volděti) and Proto-Slavic *slava (“glory”). Doublet of Laszlo and Vladislav.

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Origin, language, and formation

Ladislaus is used in English. Its origins include Slavic languages.

Ladislaus comes through Proto-Slavic *voldь and Proto-Slavic *slava.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laszlo and Vladislav.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 212 boys were recorded with the name Ladislaus between 1906 and 1934. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1915; its best national rank was #1,187 in 1906.

How common is Ladislaus?

Ladislaus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1934, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1934: 1 in 415,000; 5 of 2,076,780 births
Among boys only: 1 in 207,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1934: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 287,904 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ladislaus 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 1934 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 287,904 children born in 1934 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ladislaus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ladislauss were born

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

Median birth year: 1919; About 106 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 48.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 48.6% of all recorded uses (103).

Is Ladislaus 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 1915 (22)
Years since peak: 110; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,187; 1906

Where Ladislaus is used

Across 1910–2025, Ladislaus was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,184,000 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —
2Pennsylvania1 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. Ladislaus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ladislaus 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: #1,187; 1906
Peak year: 1915; 22 that year
First recorded: 1906
Last recorded: 1934
All-time count: 212
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ladislaus

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

Sibling names for Ladislaus

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

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For a brother

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