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Ladd

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Ladd is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
210.00% of boys
Peak year
196138 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1915
1,303people given the name
Babies named Ladd, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,303 boys have been named Ladd in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 38 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Ladd
1910s20
1920s49
1930s54
1940s160
1950s180
1960s242
1970s134
1980s99
1990s64
2000s76
2010s142
2020s83

In 1961, its biggest year

Ladd was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.

Names that rose and fell with Ladd

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.