Ladon
- Last seen for girls in 1992 at #11,738
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 79.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,260since 1930
Ladon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,625 | 29 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,983 | 18 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,676 | 16 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,042 | 22 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,094 | 19 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
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| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1930
The first year at least five boys were named Ladon! It came in at #4,001, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ladon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ladon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ladon
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 4,226 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #10,695)
- 3,193 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #10,695)
- 4,019 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1945 at #1,581 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1947, 2 yrs 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 60,346
- Highest: 1 in 60,346 boys born in 1976 were named Ladon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,581 in 1945, was only 1 in 74,770 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 16.3% of all boys named Ladon (206) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1971
- Mostly girls until 1970, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 60 | #2,452 (1936) | #3,153 |
| 1940s | 79 | #1,581 (1945) | #2,465 |
| 1950s | 112 | #1,956 (1954) | #2,305 |
| 1960s | 162 | #1,731 (1968) | #2,040 |
| 1970s | 206 | #1,871 (1972) | #2,169 |
| 1980s | 151 | #2,213 (1980) | #3,306 |
| 1990s | 142 | #3,042 (1993) | #4,494 |
| 2000s | 132 | #4,675 (2006) | #6,007 |
| 2010s | 158 | #3,625 (2012) | #5,855 |
| 2020s | 58 | #6,469 (2024) | #8,158 |
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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