Stalin
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Stalin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ecuador than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Joseph Stalin; Soviet leader discussed with Kim Ilsong about a possible war on the peninsula.
- ECEcuador1 in 831(measured from records)
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 8.3K
- PEPeru≈1 in 24K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ecuador (measured from records)
- Sources
- 118 (measured from records)
- 1 in 831 (inferred from the name graph)
20,335 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Ecuador
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Joseph Stalin; Soviet leader discussed with Kim Ilsong about a possible war on the peninsula.
Sources 1
- Korea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stalin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Ecuador | #133 | 20,335 | 1 in 831 | 20K | Stalin | 64 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Stalin | 52 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #368 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | Stalin | 34 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 933 | 1 in 31K | 933 | Stalin | 26 |
| US United States | — | 623 | 1 in 534K | 613 | Stalin | 118 |
| BH Bahrain | #943 | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Stalin | 8 |
20,335 people counted by INEC — civil registry names, 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INEC — civil registry names; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Stalin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader who warned Kim Ilsong about an attack on Inch'on.
as a nameKorea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary
In Korean, Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), Soviet leader.
as a nameKorea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary
In English, A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Joseph, leader, USSR
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Czech, A transliteration of the Russian surname Ста́лин (Stálin), usually applying to the alias of Joseph Dzhugashvili
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stalin Gonzálezb. 1980VEVenezuelan politician
- Stalin Ortizb. 1981COColombian basketball player (born 1981)
- Stalin Quiteriob. 1984DODominican cyclist
- Albert Stalin Garridob. 1997PHPhilippine geographer
- Stalin Puentestarb. 1997ECEcuadorian cyclist
- Erick Morillob. 2000PEnot in their usual namePeruvian footballer
- Stalin VilcarromeroPEPeruvian doctor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 47 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Stalin mean, and where does it come from?
- Joseph Stalin; Soviet leader discussed with Kim Ilsong about a possible war on the peninsula. Recorded by Korea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary.
- In which country does Stalin have the most bearers?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named Stalin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stalin.
- Where is Stalin most common?
- Stalin is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 831 people carrying it.
- Is Stalin a male or female name?
- Stalin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Stalin?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted 20,335 people named Stalin in 2024, about 1 in 831 residents.
- How common is Stalin compared with other names?
- In Ecuador, Stalin is the 133rd most common given name of 27,061 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Stalin” — the 133rd most common given name in Ecuador. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.