Ladd vs Ladonna
American parents have registered 21,233 Ladonnas since 1880, against 1,329 Ladds. But in 2025 it was Ladd that was commoner, 26 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ladd Ladonna
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 119 years in which either name was published, Ladonna for 103 years and Ladd for 16 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Ladd | Ladonna | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,329 | 21,233 |
| Most in one year | 38 | 612 |
| Babies in 2025 | 26 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 1,000 | 17,000 |
| Median age today | 48 | 58 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 1964 |
| Best rank | 1,279th boys | 391st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,050th | 13,208th |
| First recorded | 1915 | 1903 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,329 | 21,233 / 0 |
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 Ladonnas alive today are over 58; half the Ladds are over 48. That is 10 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: Ladd and Ladonna.