Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Vladimir

Gender

Male

Origin

Russian
renowned prince
French
Variant of Vivian The Lady of the Lake.

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Arthurian Legend
  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Vladimir

Pronunciation

v-ladi-mir, vl(a)-dimir

Famous People

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #1090, 180 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1826, 87 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202587
202481
202387
2022108
2021125
2020117
2019144
2018145
2017161
2016180

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #592, 64 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1228, 23 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202523
202419
202327
202249
202164
202054
201958
201848
201739
201627

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1990 (rank #426, 69 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1762, 16 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202316
202219
202154
202042
201934
201840
201734
201646
201539
201437

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #530, 5 births); most recent 2022 (rank #745, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
20215
20203
20194
20184
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #711, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #608, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence