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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ladon

Ladon was the 11438th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1945, when it ranked 1607th; the most babies were born in 2012 (29). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,525 places. More babies were named Ladon in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#11,438 boys, down 3,594 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
6boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201229 babies
Total since 1880
1,583babies recorded

Ladon popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#11,438—6
2020—#7,844—10
2010—#4,621—21
2000—#5,469—13
1990—#3,540—17
1980—#2,247—23
1970#2,985#2,0992319
1960#5,440#2,081716
1950#3,558#2,908108
1940————
1930—#4,298—5
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How popular is Ladon, counting every spelling?

Ladon has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Ladon?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ladon (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ladon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ladon.

Chance of another Ladon in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Ladon?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Ladon are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 21 and 56. That makes Ladon mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Ladon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ladon, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Ladon

How popular is the name Ladon?

Ladon was the 11438th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1945, when it ranked 1607th; the most babies were born in 2012 (29). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,525 places. More babies were named Ladon in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Ladon a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ladon in the US.