# Stanislav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stanislav/  
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 | /ˈstæn.ɪs.ɫæv/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Stan |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 303 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 303 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 119, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Bulgarian and Russian Станислав (Stanislav) or Ukrainian Станіслав (Stanislav).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | 7,628 |
| 2009 | 14 | 6,382 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,656 |
| 2011 | 16 | 5,642 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,453 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,883 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,264 |
| 2015 | 12 | 7,013 |
| 2016 | 12 | 7,087 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,271 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,072 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,946 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,717 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,894 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,807 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Stanislav

- Stanislav Gross, Czech politician (1969–2015)
- Stanislav Grof, Czech pychiatrist
- Stanislav Stratiev, Bulgarian writer (1941–2000)
- Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian association football manager (born 1985)
- Stanislav Rostotsky, film director (1922-2001)
- Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
- Stanislav Vlček, Czech soccer player
- Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech poet, journalist, literary and art critic and translator (1875–1947)
- Stanislav Stepashkin, boxer (1940–2013)
- Stanislav Binički, composer (1872–1942)
- Stanislav Lusk, Czechoslovak rower (1931–1987)
- Stanislav Galić, Bosnian-Serb war criminal

## 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.