Girls' name · since 1967
Ladonia
48 babies named Ladonia in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ladonia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 48 recorded since 1967.
Ladonia has 48 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1983.
- #35,477 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ladonia ranks #35,477 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #35,477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ladonia's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ladonia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ladonia's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ladonia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1983
- Peak year (1971)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Ladonia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (27 births, 56% of the file).
1970s was Ladonia's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Ladonia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 27 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ladonia's data
- Ladonia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ladonia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1967–1983 (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 Ladonia 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.