Ladon

Q: What does Ladon mean?

Ladon is a boys' name of Greek origin, name from Greek myth; also read as La- plus Don. In Greek myth Ladon is the serpent that guards the golden apples of the Hesperides.

Gender: Boy
Say it: LAY-don
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #10,690 for boys

Ladon is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Ladon mean?

Greek: name from Greek myth; also read as La- plus Don

In Greek myth Ladon is the serpent that guards the golden apples of the Hesperides.

Is Ladon a girl's or a boy's name?

Ladon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ladon in the US?

Rank in 2025: 10,690th among boys
Babies in 2025: 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Ladon, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1930.

2025 had fewer boys named Ladon than any year since 1958.

Half of all the boys named Ladon in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 32% of the babies named Ladon in the US in 1968, and 19% in 1976.

1930Busiest: 29 in 20122025

Ladon in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#10,690
2024	13	#6,464
2023	10	#7,733
2022	12	#6,822
2021	7	#9,709
2020	10	#7,497
2019	17	#5,336
2018	13	#6,341
2017	12	#6,681
2016	15	#5,785
2015	12	#6,671
2014	10	#7,557
2013	11	#7,021
2012	29	#3,622
2011	18	#4,981
2010	21	#4,516
2009	10	#7,687
2008	10	#7,693
2007	10	#7,586
2006	19	#4,671
2005	16	#5,029
2004	16	#5,002
2003	12	#5,870
2002	10	#6,515
2001	16	#4,670
2000	13	#5,290
1999	8	#7,132
1998	17	#4,015
1997	11	#5,282
1996	11	#5,180
1995	14	#4,274
1994	13	#4,531
1993	22	#3,036
1992	16	#3,740
1991	13	#4,223
1990	17	#3,461
1989	19	#3,088
1988	11	#4,157
1987	7	#5,453
1986	16	#3,002
1985	16	#2,939
1984	17	#2,705
1983	16	#2,786
1982	16	#2,830
1981	10	#3,856
1980	23	#2,213
1979	20	#2,378
1978	13	#3,069
1977	19	#2,361
1976	26	#1,872
1975	25	#1,883
1974	19	#2,197
1973	23	#1,870
1972	23	#1,871
1971	19	#2,125
1970	19	#2,057
1969	19	#1,913
1968	21	#1,730
1967	16	#1,973
1966	18	#1,813
1965	13	#2,269
1964	12	#2,408
1963	14	#2,199
1962	18	#1,895
1961	15	#2,147
1960	16	#2,041
1959	10	#2,662
1958	0	–
1957	11	#2,492
1956	13	#2,261
1955	12	#2,301
1954	16	#1,955
1953	15	#2,037
1952	15	#2,009
1951	12	#2,245
1950	8	#2,769
1949	21	#1,615
1948	7	#3,009
1947	0	–
1946	11	#2,270
1945	18	#1,580
1944	10	#2,308
1943	7	#2,962
1942	0	–
1941	5	#3,504
1940	0	–
1939	5	#3,479
1938	8	#2,646
1937	0	–
1936	9	#2,451
1935	7	#2,951
1934	7	#2,972
1933	7	#3,003
1932	5	#3,774
1931	7	#3,094
1930	5	#3,999

Names like Ladon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jason, Damon, Christian, Aaron, Colin, Brandon, Landon, Steven, Ryan, Lucas, Logan, Damian

Names related to Ladon

Laydon, Lydon, Laden

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Ladon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ladon, updated 20 October 2026.