Ladean vs Lady
American parents have registered 2,068 Ladys since 1880, against 573 Ladeans. Lady is still ahead, with 20 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ladean Lady
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 139 years in which either name was published, Lady for 121 years and Ladean for 18 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1884–1940 Lady ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1941–1943 Ladean ahead
- 1946–1948 Lady ahead
- 1952–1959 Ladean ahead
- 1964–2025 Lady ahead, apart from 2 short spells
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Ladean | Lady | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 573 | 2,068 |
| Most in one year | 20 | 48 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 20 |
| Estimated living today | 280 | 1,100 |
| Median age today | 71 | 28 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 2016 |
| Best rank | 2,752nd girls | 3,326th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 5,917th |
| First recorded | 1913 | 1884 |
| Girls / boys | 568 / 5 | 2,068 / 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 Ladeans alive today are over 71; half the Ladys are over 28. That is 43 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: Ladean and Lady.