Boys' name · since 1985
Ladarious
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 422 babies named Ladarious, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,750 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 422
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
422 boys have been named Ladarious since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ladarious has 422 recorded births among boys since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2021.
- #8,750 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 422 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ladarious ranks #8,750 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 422 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,750 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 422
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ladarious's 422 recorded births place it above 80.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Tennessee.
Ladarious's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ladarious splits its recorded history at 2000: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ladarious popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2021
- Peak year (1997)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2021.
422 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 29 births in a single year.
Ladarious by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (200 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Ladarious's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Ladarious births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
200 births
- 2000s
2000s
140 births
- 2010s 42
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 200 births (47% of all-time use).
Ladarious decade highlights
- Peak decade 200 births
- Runner-up 140 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Ladarious by state
Where Ladarious concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 33 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 12 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.2% |
33 of 422 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 7.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.2% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Ladarious's data
- Ladarious's decade-level peak was the 1990s (200 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Tennessee records the most Ladariouss (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ladarious: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ladarious draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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