Ladell vs Ladon
American parents have registered 1,583 Ladons since 1880, against 1,456 Ladells. Ladon is still ahead, with 6 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ladell Ladon
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 111 years in which either name was published, Ladon for 63 years and Ladell for 48 years. The lead changed hands 29 times.
- 1913–1943 Ladell ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1944–1946 Ladon ahead
- 1953–1955 Ladell ahead
- 1961–2025 Ladon ahead, apart from 3 short spells
22 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Ladell | Ladon | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,456 | 1,583 |
| Most in one year | 26 | 42 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 970 | 1,300 |
| Median age today | 49 | 47 |
| Peak year | 1969 | 2012 |
| Best rank | 1,861st boys | 3,625th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 10,695th |
| First recorded | 1913 | 1930 |
| Girls / boys | 433 / 1,023 | 323 / 1,260 |
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 Ladells alive today are over 49; half the Ladons are over 47. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ladell and Ladon.