Ladawn
Ladawn was last recorded in 2014, when 5 babies were given it; 1,568 Americans have been recorded with it between 1936 and 2014 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,420 Americans named Ladawn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 45 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ladawn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ladawn?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #18,002, in 2014; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
80 babies in 1971, the peak
Ladawn peaked in 1971, when 80 girls were given it, #1,341 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #18,002 | 2.8 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,191 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,138 | 3.3 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,814 | 4.0 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,009 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,082 | 4.6 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,813 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,500 | 7.8 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,444 | 7.7 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,786 | 6.0 |
Every recorded year (59)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 15 | #6,106 | 8.0 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,773 | 10.5 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,951 | 9.8 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,571 | 10.7 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,059 | 17.8 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,232 | 16.3 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,210 | 11.0 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,495 | 22.6 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,818 | 18.6 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,218 | 15.9 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,287 | 26.4 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,409 | 24.1 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,413 | 24.3 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,215 | 27.4 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,747 | 38.5 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,542 | 45.0 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,824 | 35.0 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,658 | 38.2 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,675 | 37.0 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,758 | 32.9 |
| 1971 | 80 | #1,341 | 48.1 |
| 1970 | 76 | #1,376 | 43.5 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,944 | 24.9 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,525 | 34.1 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,606 | 30.3 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,811 | 23.6 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,756 | 23.8 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,089 | 17.4 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,187 | 15.6 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,962 | 17.8 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,128 | 15.4 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,775 | 9.9 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,426 | 11.4 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,709 | 9.4 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,316 | 11.7 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,670 | 9.5 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,160 | 7.2 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,240 | 6.7 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,580 | 5.8 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,975 | 4.9 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,610 | 5.6 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,756 | 5.3 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,950 | 3.5 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,172 | 4.5 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,333 | 6.4 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,907 | 3.8 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,539 | 6.0 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,087 | 5.4 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,940 | 5.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ladawn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ladawn has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 59 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ladawn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ladawn, and how old are they?
1,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 1,568 Americans ever recorded as Ladawn. The median Ladawn alive today is 53 years old; half are between 45 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 1,321 people named Ladawn (1,314 women and girls, 7 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,464 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 263 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 782 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 337 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 23 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ladawn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ladawn and names like it
- Compare Ladawn and KerrieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
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- Utah’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ladawn since 1910.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Ladawn.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Ladawn alive today were born 1965-1980.
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