Girls' name · since 1977
Ladessa
19 babies named Ladessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
19 girls have been named Ladessa since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ladessa has been recorded 19 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1989.
- #46,517 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1977
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ladessa ranks #46,517 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1977, peaking in the 1970s.
- #46,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ladessa's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ladessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ladessa splits its recorded history at 1978: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ladessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1989
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Ladessa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (14 births, 74% of the file).
1970s was Ladessa's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Ladessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
14 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 14 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Ladessa's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ladessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1977–1989 (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 Ladessa 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.