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Ladarius vs Ladd

American parents have registered 4,548 Ladariuses since 1880, against 1,329 Ladds. But in 2025 it was Ladd that was commoner, 26 babies to 19.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Ladarius against Ladd, 1880 to 2025 0 80 160 240 320 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Ladarius Ladd

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 105 years in which either name was published, Ladd for 62 years and Ladarius for 43 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.

Side by side

  Ladarius Ladd
Total US births 4,5481,329
Most in one year 26038
Babies in 2025 1926
Estimated living today 4,4001,000
Median age today 2748
Peak year 19951961
Best rank 643rd boys1,279th boys
Rank in 2025 5,045th4,050th
First recorded 19761915
Girls / boys 0 / 4,5480 / 1,329

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.

Which name is older

Half of the Ladds alive today are over 48; half the Ladariuses are over 27. That is 21 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ladarius and Ladd.