Boys' name · since 1915
Ladd
1,329 babies named Ladd in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,289 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,065 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,329
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ladd is the #4065 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 1,329 recorded since 1915.
Ladd has 1,329 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4065 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of boys, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #4,289 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,065 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,329 born since 1915
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ladd ranks #4,289 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,065 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,329 born since 1915, peaking in the 1960s.
- #4,289 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,065 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,329
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ladd's 1,329 recorded births place it above 90.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ladd compares
1,329 Top 27% higher than 73% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ladd's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ladd | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,329 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ladd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ladd's full recorded timeline at 1971, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ladd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1961)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Ladd by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (242 births, 18% of the file).
1960s was Ladd's strongest decade.
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Ladd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1920s 49
1920s
49 births
- 1930s 54
1930s
54 births
- 1940s
1940s
160 births
- 1950s
1950s
180 births
- 1960s
1960s
242 births
- 1970s
1970s
134 births
- 1980s
1980s
99 births
- 1990s 64
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 76
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
142 births
- 2020s
2020s
109 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 242 births (18% of all-time use).
How Ladd compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Ladd's total volume
Ladd by state
Where Ladd concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 1.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
15 of 1,329 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Ladd's data
- Ladd's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (242 total births) through the 2020s (109) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Ladds (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Ladd
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ladd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Ladd 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.