Laddie

Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 94.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1919 · 47 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,644
since 1908

Laddie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #1,793, 1902peak #989, 1919girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2024—#10,9386
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1990—#8,1175
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1985—#6,5235
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1980—#4,9407
1979—#5,3556
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1976—#4,9356
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1973—#5,1015
1972—#4,4416
1971—#3,6588
1970—#4,2306
1969—#4,4045
1968—#2,44512
1967—#3,2317
1966—#3,2497
1965—#2,36612
1964—#2,31013
1963—#3,3187
1962—#2,8489
1961—#2,32213
1960—#1,85819
1959—#2,29513
1958—#2,50611
1957—#1,79120
1956#5,9525#1,76520
1955—#1,68221
1954—#1,62822
1953—#1,42728
1952—#1,26834
1951—#1,29532
1950—#2,20712
1949—#2,12313
1948—#1,94315
1947—#1,36329
1946—#1,19634
1945—#1,32725
1944—#1,21230
1943—#1,08839
1942—#1,31628
1941#4,4205#1,37224
1940—#1,15633
1939#3,7826#1,21929
1938—#1,06237
1937#3,4347#1,09435
1936—#98940
1935—#1,04038
1934—#1,15033
1933—#1,40523
1932—#1,09038
1931—#1,17034
1930#4,5505#1,64420
1929—#1,19534
1928#3,1649#1,11140
1927—#1,06044
1926#3,8737#1,03445
1925—#1,14438
1924#4,0027#1,09343
1923#4,3766#1,07644
1922—#1,22235
1921#5,0995#1,06943
1920#3,9577#1,23434
1919#4,8145#98947
1918#3,8697#1,03542
1917—#1,03340
1916#3,9196#1,09635
1915—#1,05437
1914—#1,22123
1913—#1,36515
1912—#1,41712
1911—#1,3877
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five boys were named Laddie! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Laddie is popular in 1908

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Laddie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 51 spots in 1936 (#1,040 → #989)
  • Biggest drop: 245 spots in 1920 (#989 → #1,234)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1919 at #989 (47 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1919–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,854
  • Highest: 1 in 20,854 boys born in 1919 were named Laddie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.3% of all boys named Laddie (400) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1908
  • Mostly girls until 1907, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,217 (1908)#1,217
1910s258#989 (1919)#1,177
1920s400#1,034 (1926)#1,124
1930s327#989 (1936)#1,186
1940s270#1,088 (1943)#1,410
1950s213#1,268 (1952)#1,786
1960s104#1,858 (1960)#2,835
1970s37#3,658 (1971)#4,620
1980s12#4,940 (1980)#5,732
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117
2000s6#11,037 (2008)#11,037
2010s0——
2020s6#10,938 (2024)#10,938

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.

Laddie in 1908

boys
#1,217
6 births · 1 in 25,723 boys

Top boys' names in 1908

  1. #1John9,343
  2. #2William7,529
  3. #3James7,012
  4. #4George4,584
  5. #5Robert4,219
  6. #6Joseph4,162
  7. #7Charles3,929
  8. #8Frank3,146
  9. #9Edward2,707
  10. #10Thomas2,301
  11. #1,217Laddie6
More about 1908

boys

154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 25,723 of them was named Laddie, which outranked 23.2% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laddie
  1. #1,113Wayland7
  2. #1,113Werner7
  3. #1,113Wheeler7
  4. #1,217Laddie6
  5. #1,217Acie6
  6. #1,217Alberta6
  7. #1,217Aldon6
  8. #1,373Adele5
  9. #1,373Adrain5
  10. #1,373Alcide5

Tied with 155 names at #1,217; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 634Ludwig#1,200 → #566
  2. ↑ 633Norval#1,345 → #712
  3. ↑ 601Duke#1,345 → #744
  4. ↑ 601Francesco#1,345 → #744
  5. ↑ 601Guss#1,345 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 709Elden#664 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 709Minor#664 → #1,373
  3. ↓ 595Ezell#778 → #1,373
  4. ↓ 595Fleming#778 → #1,373
  5. ↓ 558Bessie#815 → #1,373

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908 →