Vyacheslav

Boys' name

Greater, more + glory, fame, through Вячесла́в

Vyacheslav has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 2010. 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 2012, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Vyacheslav, 2013

1 in 729,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vyacheslav: meaning, origin, and history

Greater, more + glory, fame, through Вячесла́в

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vyacheslav means

Vyacheslav belongs to the name family reached through Vyacheslav → Вячесла́в. Its meaning is “greater, more + glory, fame”.

Origin, language, and formation

Vyacheslav is used in English.

Vyacheslav comes through Russian Вячесла́в.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Вячесла́в, В and Wenceslaus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Vyacheslav between 2010 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2012; its best national rank was #12,188 in 2012.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Vyacheslav?

Vyacheslav had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2013: 1 in 729,000; 5 of 3,645,938 births
Among boys only: 1 in 378,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2013: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 505,435 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vyacheslav 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 2013 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 505,435 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vyacheslav. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vyacheslavs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vyacheslav was born before 2012 — so the typical Vyacheslav is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 16; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Vyacheslav 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 2012 (6)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #12,188; 2012

Vyacheslav 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: #12,188; 2012
Peak year: 2012; 6 that year
First recorded: 2010
Last recorded: 2013
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Vyacheslav

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

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Sibling names for Vyacheslav

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

Sofie Aubri Kaelynn Kendyl Bayleigh Audriana Cambria Farah

For a brother

Konnor Landry Harper Jovanni Maxim Channing Madden Eliot

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