The first name Václav
A unisex name.
2 syllables Unisex
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Václav at birth, 1880–2025
In 1921, 5 boys born in the United States were named Václav, the 4,929th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1915, when 5 were.
10
babies named Václav since 1880
#4,929
rank in 1921
1915
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Václav
121 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Václav HavelCzech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia an, 1936–2011
- Václav PilařCzech footballer, born 1988
- Václav SvěrkošCzech soccer player and soccer representant, born 1983
- Václav ČernýCzech association football player (born 1997)
- Václav NeumannCzech conductor, violinist and viola player (1920-1995)
- Václav VorlíčekCzech director and scriptwriter (1930-2019)
- Václav TalichCzech conductor, violinist, music educator, professor, university educator and director co, 1883–1961
- Václav Noid BártaCzech dubbing actor, actor, lyricist and singer (born 1980)
- Václav KadlecCzech footballer, born 1992
- Václav HankaCzech archivist, poet, librarian, lexicographer, linguist, literature historian, publicist, 1791–1861
- Václav JežekCzechoslovak association football manager (1923-1995)
- Václav BrožíkCzech painter and professor (1851-1901)
Questions
- When was Václav most popular?
- 1915 in the United States, when 5 babies were named Václav, its highest rank at 4,351st.