Ladonna
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 584 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,233since 1903
Ladonna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ladonna has never cracked the top 300 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 | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 |
| 1997 | #2,776 | 44 |
| 1996 | #2,849 | 42 |
| 1995 | #3,087 | 37 |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 |
| 1993 | #1,741 | 85 |
| 1992 | #1,713 | 87 |
| 1991 | #1,505 | 103 |
| 1990 | #1,265 | 129 |
| 1989 | #1,100 | 152 |
| 1988 | #990 | 166 |
| 1987 | #878 | 193 |
| 1986 | #758 | 228 |
| 1985 | #649 | 283 |
| 1984 | #623 | 286 |
| 1983 | #643 | 267 |
| 1982 | #596 | 302 |
| 1981 | #599 | 307 |
| 1980 | #594 | 312 |
| 1979 | #592 | 304 |
| 1978 | #597 | 285 |
| 1977 | #596 | 289 |
| 1976 | #555 | 306 |
| 1975 | #506 | 353 |
| 1974 | #489 | 359 |
| 1973 | #435 | 444 |
| 1972 | #398 | 503 |
| 1971 | #438 | 478 |
| 1970 | #415 | 546 |
| 1969 | #413 | 533 |
| 1968 | #377 | 584 |
| 1967 | #387 | 560 |
| 1966 | #445 | 439 |
| 1965 | #393 | 555 |
| 1964 | #391 | 612 |
| 1963 | #421 | 527 |
| 1962 | #404 | 570 |
| 1961 | #434 | 513 |
| 1960 | #422 | 529 |
| 1959 | #412 | 528 |
| 1958 | #492 | 378 |
| 1957 | #463 | 418 |
| 1956 | #426 | 458 |
| 1955 | #503 | 337 |
| 1954 | #469 | 355 |
| 1953 | #470 | 329 |
| 1952 | #460 | 337 |
| 1951 | #461 | 328 |
| 1950 | #448 | 322 |
| 1949 | #473 | 290 |
| 1948 | #446 | 319 |
| 1947 | #477 | 299 |
| 1946 | #482 | 263 |
| 1945 | #563 | 170 |
| 1944 | #524 | 192 |
| 1943 | #519 | 207 |
| 1942 | #514 | 208 |
| 1941 | #530 | 174 |
| 1940 | #526 | 171 |
| 1939 | #530 | 158 |
| 1938 | #499 | 178 |
| 1937 | #485 | 182 |
| 1936 | #507 | 165 |
| 1935 | #543 | 140 |
| 1934 | #504 | 161 |
| 1933 | #486 | 170 |
| 1932 | #545 | 143 |
| 1931 | #524 | 158 |
| 1930 | #600 | 132 |
| 1929 | #638 | 118 |
| 1928 | #679 | 106 |
| 1927 | #771 | 88 |
| 1926 | #824 | 79 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 |
| 1924 | #1,096 | 51 |
| 1923 | #1,065 | 51 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,405 | 26 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1903
The first year at least five girls were named Ladonna! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ladonna is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Oklahoma#184 · 1 in 850
- Mississippi#284 · 1 in 1,394
- Tennessee#285 · 1 in 1,742
- Arkansas#323 · 1 in 1,797
- Kentucky#351 · 1 in 2,654
Best ever in a state: #54 in Oklahoma, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #184 | 20 | 1 in 850 |
| Mississippi | #284 | 11 | 1 in 1,394 |
| Tennessee | #285 | 16 | 1 in 1,742 |
| Arkansas | #323 | 7 | 1 in 1,797 |
| Kentucky | #351 | 9 | 1 in 2,654 |
| Alabama | #361 | 10 | 1 in 2,175 |
| North Carolina | #378 | 12 | 1 in 2,697 |
| Michigan | #380 | 20 | 1 in 2,878 |
| Kansas | #387 | 5 | 1 in 2,687 |
| Missouri | #395 | 10 | 1 in 3,066 |
| Illinois | #409 | 26 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Louisiana | #416 | 11 | 1 in 2,502 |
| Indiana | #432 | 10 | 1 in 3,479 |
| Maryland | #490 | 5 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Colorado | #492 | 5 | 1 in 3,459 |
| South Carolina | #505 | 5 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Texas | #532 | 29 | 1 in 3,565 |
| Ohio | #542 | 13 | 1 in 5,304 |
| California | #897 | 19 | 1 in 8,070 |
| Florida | #949 | 5 | 1 in 8,805 |
| Pennsylvania | #998 | 5 | 1 in 13,201 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,880 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #13,208)
- 3,727 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 250 spots in 1926 (#1,074 → #824)
- Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1987 (#758 → #878)
Rise & fade · girls
65 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1968 at #377 (584 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1926–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,809
- Highest: 1 in 2,809 girls born in 1968 were named Ladonna (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 25.5% of all girls named Ladonna (5,422) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 22 | #1,639 (1907) | #1,852 |
| 1910s | 162 | #1,307 (1917) | #1,891 |
| 1920s | 630 | #638 (1929) | #1,082 |
| 1930s | 1,587 | #485 (1937) | #522 |
| 1940s | 2,293 | #446 (1948) | #505 |
| 1950s | 3,790 | #412 (1959) | #460 |
| 1960s | 5,422 | #377 (1968) | #409 |
| 1970s | 3,867 | #398 (1972) | #502 |
| 1980s | 2,496 | #594 (1980) | #743 |
| 1990s | 658 | #1,265 (1990) | #2,478 |
| 2000s | 197 | #3,808 (2000) | #6,605 |
| 2010s | 93 | #6,904 (2010) | #11,484 |
| 2020s | 16 | #13,208 (2025) | #14,516 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ladonna in 1978
girls
#597
285 births · 1 in 5,375 girls
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,375 of them was named Ladonna, which outranked 94.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).