Girls' name · since 1976

Ladesha

65 babies named Ladesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#31,957 of 72,339
all-time among girls
65
born since 1976
1990s
peak decade

Ladesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 65 recorded since 1976.

Ladesha has 65 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1999.

  • #31,957 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 65 born since 1976
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ladesha ranks #31,957 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.

#31,957 of 72,339
all-time among girls
65
born since 1976
1990s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ladesha's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Ladesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Ladesha splits its recorded history at 1994: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Ladesha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1999

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1994)
10
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
4681012 19761981198419891993199419951996199719981999 5

Ladesha by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (43 births, 66% of the file).

1990s was Ladesha's strongest decade.

43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.

Ladesha births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 43 births (66% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ladesha?
Ladesha has been given to 65 babies in the U.S. since 1976, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #31,957 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1999. 10 babies were born in 1994, its single highest year.
Where does Ladesha sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ladesha ranks #31,957 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ladesha most popular?
Ladesha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 43 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Ladesha been used?
Records for Ladesha go back to 1976, giving 24 years of history through 1999.
What names are similar to Ladesha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ladonna, Lady, Ladawn, Ladona, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Ladesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1976–1999 (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 Ladesha 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.