Ladean — girls' name
568 babies named Ladean in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Ladean was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Ladean in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ladean
The Social Security Administration has registered 568 babies named Ladean between 1913 and 1982, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ladean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ladean performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ladean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ladean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ladean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 568 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ladean at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ladean popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1913
- Peak year (1961)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
568 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 20 births in a single year.
Ladean popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1954 (Ladean as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ladean accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ladean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 121 births that decade — 21% of Ladean's all-time total
Ladean decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Ladean's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Ladean by state
Where Ladean concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 15 | 2.6% |
15 of 568 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.