# Ladislav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ladislav/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 82 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 82 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 60, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 5 | 2,740 |
| 1913 | 7 | 2,387 |
| 1914 | 11 | 2,045 |
| 1915 | 5 | 4,124 |
| 1916 | 9 | 2,834 |
| 1917 | 11 | 2,498 |
| 1918 | 9 | 2,999 |
| 1919 | 6 | 3,967 |
| 1920 | 5 | 4,656 |
| 1922 | 7 | 3,711 |
| 1924 | 7 | 3,685 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Ladislav

- Ladislav Krejčí, Czech association football player (1992-)
- Ladislav Krejčí, Czech association football player (born 1999)
- Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer (1931-2011)
- Ladislav Vízek, Czech footballer
- Ladislav Ženíšek, Czech footballer (1904–1985)
- Ladislav Fuks, Czech novelist and writer (1923–1994)
- František Ladislav Rieger, Czech politician and publicist (1818-1903)
- Ladislav Klíma, Czech philosopher and bookwriter (1878–1928)
- Ladislav Pavlovič, Czechoslovak soccer player (1926-2013)
- Ladislav Adamec, Czech politician, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1926–2007)
- Ladislav Troják, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1914-1948)
- Ladislav Maier, Czech footballer (born 1966)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.