Ladd
- #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
- Peak · boys
- 1967 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,329since 1915
Ladd over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ladd has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,050 | 26 |
| 2024 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #1,628 | 24 |
| 1962 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #1,658 | 24 |
| 1959 | #1,559 | 26 |
| 1958 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Ladd! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ladd is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ladd in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 651 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,050)
- 1,649 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #4,050)
- 1,239 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #4,050)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1967 at #1,231 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 47,130
- Highest: 1 in 47,130 boys born in 1967 were named Ladd (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 18.2% of all boys named Ladd (242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,326 |
| 1920s | 49 | #3,214 (1921) | #3,744 |
| 1930s | 54 | #2,542 (1933) | #3,089 |
| 1940s | 160 | #1,370 (1944) | #1,951 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,370 (1958) | #1,941 |
| 1960s | 242 | #1,231 (1967) | #1,679 |
| 1970s | 134 | #1,615 (1970) | #3,118 |
| 1980s | 99 | #2,787 (1983) | #4,318 |
| 1990s | 64 | #4,993 (1990) | #7,329 |
| 2000s | 76 | #6,393 (2008) | #8,184 |
| 2010s | 142 | #4,224 (2017) | #6,047 |
| 2020s | 109 | #4,050 (2025) | #5,319 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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