Stanislav
Of Slavic origin, derived from the elements "stan" (support) and "slav" (glory).
Name Census estimates that about 294 living Americans carry the first name Stanislav. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Stanislav today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Stanislav births was 2017 (18 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Stanislav. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Stanislav with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
294
~ 1 in 1,165,831 Americans
Peak year
2017
18 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2024 SSA rank
#8,852
Tracked since 1992
Census
Stanislav in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 2,962 people with the first name Stanislav, which placed it at #5,699 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#5,699
National first-name rank
People counted
3.0K
2,962 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
97.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Stanislav
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Stanislav is White at 97.1%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (1.3%) and Two or More Races (1.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Stanislav described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Stanislav at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White97.1% · 2,877
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.3% · 39
- Two or more races1.0% · 30
- Hispanic or Latino0.5% · 14
- Black or African American0.1% · 2
Popularity
Stanislav: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Stanislav from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 135 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Stanislav by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Stanislav during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Stanislav
The name Stanislav is of Slavic origin, deriving from the Slavic words "stanu" meaning "standstill" or "camp" and "slav" meaning "glory". It combines to mean something along the lines of "one who achieves glory by perseverance" or "he who achieves fame through camping or settling". The name emerged in the early medieval period among Slavic peoples of Central and Eastern Europe.
One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Stanislav of Krakow, a Polish Catholic bishop who lived from around 1030 to 1079. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church for his pious life and charitable works. Another early recorded figure with the name was Stanislav Gramatik, a 12th-century Serbian writer and theologian who authored the first known constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
In the 13th century, there was Stanislav of Znojmo, a Bohemian priest and chronicler who wrote an important historical work called the Chronicon Aulae Regiae. During the Renaissance period, Stanislav Raphael was a 16th-century Polish poet and translator who helped popularize the use of the Polish language in literature.
A notable bearer of the name in more recent history was Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet military officer born in 1939 who is credited with preventing a potential nuclear war in 1983 when he correctly identified a missile detection as a false alarm. Another famous Stanislav was Stanislav Grof, a Czech psychiatrist and one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology, born in 1931.
Stanislav has also been the name of several Eastern European monarchs and rulers throughout history, including Stanislav I of Serbia, who reigned from 1276 to 1314, and Stanislav II of Serbia, who ruled from 1322 to 1349. In the realm of arts and culture, there was Stanislav Vyzhikovsky, a renowned 19th-century Russian landscape painter born in 1818.
People
Stanislav + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Stanislav as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Stanislav: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Stanislav?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 294 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Stanislav going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,165,831 US residents.
Is Stanislav a common name?
We classify Stanislav as "Very Rare". It ranks above 79% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 297 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Stanislav most popular?
The single biggest year for Stanislav was 2017, when 18 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Stanislav is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Stanislav in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 2,962 people with the name Stanislav, or 0.98 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #5,699 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Stanislav in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Stanislav?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Stanislav appears almost entirely male. Of the 2,970 people counted with this name, 99.8% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Stanislav?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Stanislav is White at 97.1%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (1.3%) and Two or More Races (1.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Stanislav most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Stanislav in the 2020 Census, accounting for 97.1% (2,877 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Stanislav in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Stanislav a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Stanislav in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Stanislav still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Stanislav in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Stanislav can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Stanislav?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people have the name Stanislav at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.