Ladell
Ladell was last recorded in 2022, when 6 babies were given it; 1,456 Americans have been recorded with it between 1913 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ladell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ladell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,689, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
26 babies in 1954, the peak
Ladell peaked in 1954, when 26 babies were given it (16 boys, #2,005 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | under 5 | 6 | #11,689 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 5 | #13,255 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 5 | #13,318 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 6 | #11,578 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 7 | #10,287 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 10 | #7,809 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 8 | #9,291 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 9 | #8,573 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 7 | #10,299 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 8 | #9,302 |
Every recorded year (103)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | under 5 | 14 | #6,295 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 9 | #8,711 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 9 | #8,627 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 12 | #6,714 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 7 | #9,698 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 7 | #9,518 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 12 | #6,088 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 11 | #6,337 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 10 | #6,616 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 15 | #4,668 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 13 | #5,053 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 14 | #4,583 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 9 | #6,289 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 13 | #4,676 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 14 | #4,425 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 17 | #3,748 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 17 | #3,677 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 16 | #3,742 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 16 | #3,699 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 16 | #3,532 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 19 | #2,909 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 13 | #3,639 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 11 | #4,009 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 11 | #3,930 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 11 | #3,822 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 6 | #5,905 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 10 | #4,105 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 12 | #3,521 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 19 | #2,581 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 14 | #3,093 | |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,570 | 16 | #2,742 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,957 | 14 | #2,987 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 17 | #2,559 | |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,811 | 10 | #3,562 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,546 | 16 | #2,514 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 18 | #2,279 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 13 | #2,748 | |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,850 | 10 | #3,270 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,073 | 15 | #2,453 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 20 | #1,890 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 8 | #3,255 | |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,404 | 13 | #2,301 |
| 1966 | under 5 | 8 | #3,130 | |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,024 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 15 | #2,162 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,124 | 10 | #2,777 |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,092 | 9 | #2,957 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,069 | 11 | #2,630 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,438 | 18 | #1,948 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,911 | 9 | #2,949 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,710 | 8 | #3,162 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,582 | 14 | #2,236 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,422 | 7 | #3,380 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,568 | 12 | #2,373 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,847 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,088 | 12 | #2,348 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,306 | 6 | #3,566 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,871 | 9 | #2,774 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,012 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,456 | 7 | #3,166 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,476 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,873 | 11 | #2,440 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,220 | 10 | #2,482 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,842 | 12 | #2,072 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,445 | 7 | #3,097 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,478 | 6 | #3,402 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,756 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,087 | 11 | #2,250 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,024 | 6 | #3,298 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,054 | 10 | #2,405 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 9 | #2,590 | |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,774 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,589 | 6 | #3,461 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,315 | 11 | #2,338 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,980 | 6 | #3,474 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,736 | 9 | #2,743 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,681 | 8 | #2,979 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,985 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,330 | 7 | #3,404 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,454 | 6 | #3,941 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,720 | 5 | #4,507 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,081 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,239 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,224 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,532 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,838 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,227 | 7 | #3,665 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,636 | 7 | #3,584 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,074 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,354 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,152 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,019 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 5 | #3,058 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ladell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,456 Americans recorded as Ladell, 30% are girls and 70% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ladell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ladell, and how old are they?
An estimated 961 Americans named Ladell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 33 and 67. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 872 people named Ladell (275 women and girls, 597 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,042 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% 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.
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 Ladell
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 Ladell and names like it
- Compare Ladell and ArnellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
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- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ladell since 1910.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Ladell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ladell alive today were born 1946-1964.
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