Ladon
Ladon was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,434 among boys’ names; 1,583 Americans have been recorded with it since 1930 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,310 Americans named Ladon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 25 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ladon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ladon?
#11,434 among boys’ names, 2025
Ladon fell from #6,908 in 2015 to #11,434 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 6.3 to 3.5 per million.
42 babies in 1970, the peak
Ladon peaked in 1970, when 42 babies were given it (19 boys, #2,098 among boys’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 6 | #11,434 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 13 | #6,664 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 10 | #8,026 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 12 | #7,059 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 7 | #10,339 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 10 | #7,839 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 17 | #5,466 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 13 | #6,548 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 12 | #6,931 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 15 | #5,939 |
Every recorded year (93)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 12 | #6,908 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 10 | #7,892 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 11 | #7,339 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 29 | #3,670 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 18 | #5,102 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 21 | #4,619 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 10 | #8,046 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 10 | #8,045 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 10 | #7,930 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 19 | #4,787 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 16 | #5,171 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 16 | #5,144 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 12 | #6,089 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 10 | #6,824 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 16 | #4,801 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 13 | #5,461 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 8 | #7,552 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 17 | #4,117 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 11 | #5,494 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 11 | #5,380 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 14 | #4,410 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 13 | #4,684 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 22 | #3,094 | |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,589 | 16 | #3,845 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 13 | #4,361 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 17 | #3,534 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 19 | #3,157 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 11 | #4,324 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 7 | #5,819 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 16 | #3,068 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 16 | #3,020 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 17 | #2,764 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 16 | #2,855 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 16 | #2,915 | |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,083 | 10 | #4,016 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 23 | #2,247 | |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,046 | 20 | #2,434 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 13 | #3,151 | |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,431 | 19 | #2,418 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,671 | 26 | #1,908 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,513 | 25 | #1,919 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,553 | 19 | #2,236 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,786 | 23 | #1,903 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,739 | 23 | #1,899 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,959 | 19 | #2,173 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,985 | 19 | #2,098 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,252 | 19 | #1,948 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,631 | 21 | #1,762 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,307 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,674 | 18 | #1,853 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,546 | 13 | #2,322 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,391 | 12 | #2,491 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,222 | 14 | #2,260 |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,095 | 18 | #1,929 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,132 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,439 | 16 | #2,080 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,306 | 10 | #2,738 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,768 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,142 | 11 | #2,568 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,040 | 13 | #2,325 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,961 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,913 | 16 | #2,006 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,108 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,463 | 15 | #2,039 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,855 | 12 | #2,310 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,556 | 8 | #2,907 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,973 | 21 | #1,644 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,055 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,578 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,714 | 11 | #2,343 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,843 | 18 | #1,606 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,245 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1943 | under 5 | 7 | #3,098 | |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,738 | 5 | #3,778 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,615 | 5 | #3,745 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 8 | #2,766 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 9 | #2,540 | |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,559 | 7 | #3,119 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 7 | #3,148 | |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,594 | 7 | #3,154 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 5 | #4,051 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 7 | #3,255 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 5 | #4,296 |
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 Ladon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,583 Americans recorded as Ladon, 20% are girls and 80% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ladon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ladon, and how old are they?
1,310 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 1,583 Americans ever recorded as Ladon. The median Ladon alive today is 47 years old; half are between 25 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 1,105 people named Ladon (304 women and girls, 801 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,328 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 40 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 265 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 391 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 237 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 232 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 147 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 3,371 babies since 1880, Ladon is the most given (47% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 40 babies (15%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ladon
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 Ladon and names like it
- Compare Ladon and LaydenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sLadon peaked in 1970.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ladon since 1910.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Ladon.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Ladon alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.