Laszlo
Masculine · “glorious rule”
László is one of the great Hungarian names, borne by a canonized eleventh-century king, and it is Slavic underneath rather than Hungarian — a compound about glorious rule.
How old is the name Laszlo?
Laszlo first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Laszlo alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 1,000 people named Laszlo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Laszlo most popular?
Laszlo peaked in 1966, reaching #1580 nationally. Today it ranks #3513, 1,933 places below that high. See the whole 1966 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Vladislav to Laszlo
The story of Laszlo
Vladislav is a standard Slavic compound of the kind that also gives Vladimir and Stanislav. Hungarian, which is not a Slavic language, took the name from its neighbors and reshaped it thoroughly into László. King László I ruled in the eleventh century, was canonized, and made the name one of the fixed points of Hungarian naming. It reaches American records with Hungarian families, and the accents are usually dropped.
Meaning
glorious rule
From the Slavic Vladislav, joining an element meaning rule to one meaning glory; Hungarian reshaped it into László, which does not look like its source at all.
How the name formed
- Vladislav
- László
Related forms: László · Vladislav · Władysław · Ladislav
Pronouncing Laszlo
LAHS-loh
Two syllables, first stressed. The Hungarian sz is an s sound, not the English sh.
Nicknames for Laszlo
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most boys named
- 201337 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1580reached in 1966
- Change vs 2024
- +14.3%32 in 2025, from 28
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Laszlo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- László in Hungarian — same name
- Vladislav in Slavic — related form
- Władysław in Polish — related form
- Ladislav in Czech — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Laszlos among us
people named Laszlo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was named Laszlo
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Simuel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Laszlo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Simuel climbed just as high around 1913, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Simuel's path sketches the road Laszlo is walking now.
Laszlo sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Laszlo is headed
Laszlo should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Laszlo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Laszlo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented record from an eleventh-century king to the present.
- It is entirely distinct from every other name in an American classroom.
- Laci and Laz are both ready short forms, in two languages.
- The sz is an s in Hungarian and English readers will say sh.
- The accents will be dropped by American systems.
- Laci is said LOTS-i in Hungarian, which no English reader will guess.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laszlos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Laszlo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Laszlo in 2025?
- Laszlo ranks #3513 among US boy names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Laszlo?
- About 1 in every 53,377 US boys born in 2025 was named Laszlo — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Laszlo with classmates?
- Laszlo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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