Ladessa — girls' name
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.
74% of everyone ever named Ladessa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ladessa in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ladessa
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Ladessa between 1977 and 1989, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ladessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ladessa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ladessa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ladessa 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 19 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.
Ladessa at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ladessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
19 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 7 births in a single year.
Ladessa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 14 births that decade — 74% of Ladessa's all-time total
Ladessa decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ladessa's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–1989 (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.