Ladd vs Ladon
American parents have registered 1,583 Ladons since 1880, against 1,329 Ladds. But in 2025 it was Ladd that was commoner, 26 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ladd Ladon
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 107 years in which either name was published, Ladon for 63 years and Ladd for 44 years. The lead changed hands 26 times.
- 1915–1931 Ladd ahead
- 1932–1936 Ladon ahead
- 1942–1948 Ladd ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1954–1957 Ladon ahead
- 1958–1961 Ladd ahead
- 1968–2013 Ladon ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 2014–2025 Ladd ahead
17 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Ladd | Ladon | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,329 | 1,583 |
| Most in one year | 38 | 42 |
| Babies in 2025 | 26 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 1,000 | 1,300 |
| Median age today | 48 | 47 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 2012 |
| Best rank | 1,279th boys | 3,625th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,050th | 10,695th |
| First recorded | 1915 | 1930 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,329 | 323 / 1,260 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ladd and Ladon.