Ladson — boys' name
15 babies named Ladson in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Ladson was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Ladson in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ladson
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Ladson between 1923 and 2017, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ladson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ladson performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ladson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ladson 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 15 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.
Ladson at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ladson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 95 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
15 total births across 95 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 5 births in a single year.
Ladson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Ladson's all-time total
Ladson decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ladson's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 1923–2017 (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.