Boys' name · since 1951
Laddy
Laddy has 16 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,862 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1951
- 1950s
- peak decade
16 boys have been named Laddy since 1951, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Laddy has 16 recorded births among boys since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1959.
- #30,862 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1951
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laddy ranks #30,862 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1951, peaking in the 1950s.
- #30,862 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1951
- 1950s
- peak decade
Laddy's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laddy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laddy splits its recorded history at 1952: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laddy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1959
- Peak year (1959)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Laddy by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1950s was Laddy's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Laddy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laddy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1951–1959 (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 Laddy 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.