Ladd
Boy · LAD · English
Ladd is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “young man, servant”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Ladd mean?
English: English surname from Middle English ladde
“young man, servant”
Actor Alan Ladd starred in the classic western Shane (1953).
- Say it
- LAD
Is Ladd a girl's or a boy's name?
Ladd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ladd in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Ladd, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Ladd than any year since 1970.
Half of all the boys named Ladd in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ladd in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,278 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
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