diff --git a/docs/useStateList.md b/docs/useStateList.md
index 21cf8f8d1b..c57af89280 100644
--- a/docs/useStateList.md
+++ b/docs/useStateList.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # `useStateList`
 
 Provides handles for circular iteration over states list.  
-Supports forward and backward iterations and arbitrary position set.
+Supports forward and backward iterations and arbitrary position set , and now supports initializing with default index.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import { useStateList } from 'react-use';
 import { useRef } from 'react';
 
 const stateSet = ['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', 'fifth'];
+const defaultCurrentIndex = 2 ; // Start at 'third'
 
 const Demo = () => {
-  const { state, prev, next, setStateAt, setState, currentIndex, isFirst, isLast } = useStateList(stateSet);
+  const { state, prev, next, setStateAt, setState, currentIndex, isFirst, isLast } = useStateList(stateSet , defaultCurrentIndex);
   const indexInput = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const stateInput = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
 
@@ -38,11 +39,18 @@ const Demo = () => {
 ## Reference
 
 ```ts
-const { state, currentIndex, prev, next, setStateAt, setState, isFirst, isLast } = useStateList<T>(stateSet: T[] = []);
+const { state, currentIndex, prev, next, setStateAt, setState, isFirst, isLast } = useStateList<T>(stateSet: T[] = [] , defaultCurrentIndex?: number);
 ```
 
+### Parameters
+
+- **`stateSet`**_`: T[]`_ — List of possible states.
+- **`defaultCurrentIndex`**_`: number`_ (optional) — The index to start from. Defaults to `0`. If out of bounds, it will be clamped to the valid range.
+
 If `stateSet` changed, became shorter than before and `currentIndex` left in shrunk gap - the last element of list will be taken as current.
 
+### Returns
+
 - **`state`**_`: T`_ &mdash; current state value;
 - **`currentIndex`**_`: number`_ &mdash; current state index;
 - **`prev()`**_`: void`_ &mdash; switches state to the previous one. If first element selected it will switch to the last one;
diff --git a/src/useStateList.ts b/src/useStateList.ts
index 748e317c8a..825f6e976b 100644
--- a/src/useStateList.ts
+++ b/src/useStateList.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,21 @@ export interface UseStateListReturn<T> {
   isLast: boolean;
 }
 
-export default function useStateList<T>(stateSet: T[] = []): UseStateListReturn<T> {
+// Add defaultCurrentIndex parameter
+export default function useStateList<T>(
+  stateSet: T[] = [],
+  defaultCurrentIndex: number = 0
+): UseStateListReturn<T> {
   const isMounted = useMountedState();
   const update = useUpdate();
-  const index = useRef(0);
+  // Initialize index with defaultCurrentIndex, clamp to valid range
+  const initialIndex =
+    stateSet.length === 0
+      ? 0
+      : Math.max(0, Math.min(defaultCurrentIndex, stateSet.length - 1));
+  const index = useRef(initialIndex);
 
-  // If new state list is shorter that before - switch to the last element
+  // If new state list is shorter than before - switch to the last element
   useUpdateEffect(() => {
     if (stateSet.length <= index.current) {
       index.current = stateSet.length - 1;
@@ -32,18 +41,9 @@ export default function useStateList<T>(stateSet: T[] = []): UseStateListReturn<
       next: () => actions.setStateAt(index.current + 1),
       prev: () => actions.setStateAt(index.current - 1),
       setStateAt: (newIndex: number) => {
-        // do nothing on unmounted component
         if (!isMounted()) return;
-
-        // do nothing on empty states list
         if (!stateSet.length) return;
-
-        // in case new index is equal current - do nothing
         if (newIndex === index.current) return;
-
-        // it gives the ability to travel through the left and right borders.
-        // 4ex: if list contains 5 elements, attempt to set index 9 will bring use to 5th element
-        // in case of negative index it will start counting from the right, so -17 will bring us to 4th element
         index.current =
           newIndex >= 0
             ? newIndex % stateSet.length
@@ -51,15 +51,13 @@ export default function useStateList<T>(stateSet: T[] = []): UseStateListReturn<
         update();
       },
       setState: (state: T) => {
-        // do nothing on unmounted component
         if (!isMounted()) return;
-
         const newIndex = stateSet.length ? stateSet.indexOf(state) : -1;
-
         if (newIndex === -1) {
-          throw new Error(`State '${state}' is not a valid state (does not exist in state list)`);
+          throw new Error(
+            `State '${state}' is not a valid state (does not exist in state list)`
+          );
         }
-
         index.current = newIndex;
         update();
       },
@@ -74,4 +72,4 @@ export default function useStateList<T>(stateSet: T[] = []): UseStateListReturn<
     isLast: index.current === stateSet.length - 1,
     ...actions,
   };
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/useStateList.test.ts b/tests/useStateList.test.ts
index 21e5641036..b6fa2f20a7 100644
--- a/tests/useStateList.test.ts
+++ b/tests/useStateList.test.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,19 @@ describe('useStateList', () => {
     expect(useStateList).toBeDefined();
   });
 
-  function getHook(list: any[] = ['a', 'b', 'c']) {
-    return renderHook(({ states }) => useStateList(states), { initialProps: { states: list } });
-  }
+  function getHook(list: any[] = ['a', 'b', 'c'], defaultCurrentIndex?: number) {
+  return renderHook(
+    ({ states, index }) =>
+      typeof index === 'number'
+        ? useStateList(states, index)
+        : useStateList(states),
+    {
+      initialProps: defaultCurrentIndex !== undefined
+        ? { states: list, index: defaultCurrentIndex }
+        : { states: list }
+    }
+  );
+}
 
   it('should return an object containing `state`, `next` and `prev`', () => {
     const res = getHook().result.current;
@@ -40,6 +50,12 @@ describe('useStateList', () => {
     expect(hook.result.current.isLast).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('should initialize with the provided default index', () => {
+    const hook = getHook(['a', 'b', 'c'], 1);
+    expect(hook.result.current.state).toBe('b');
+    expect(hook.result.current.currentIndex).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   describe('setState()', () => {
     it('should set state value if it exists in states list', () => {
       const hook = getHook();