Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ladon**

#3,616 most common boys' name of all time · #8,819 across all names · 80% male / 20% female · used 1930–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,616
Rank overall
#8,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1930
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
1,583
Since 2016
115
Peak year
1970 #2,101
Best rank
#1,632 1945
Girls Boys peak 42/yr
19401960198020002020

Ladon first appears in 1930. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 6 #10,854
2024 13 13 #6,536
2023 10 10 #7,835
2022 12 12 #6,900
2021 7 7 #9,866
2020 10 10 #7,598
2019 17 17 #5,375
2018 13 13 #6,415
2017 12 12 #6,765
2016 15 15 #5,842
2015 12 12 #6,740
2014 10 10 #7,664
2013 11 11 #7,110
2012 29 29 #3,646
2011 18 18 #5,030
2010 21 21 #4,545
2009 10 10 #7,803
2008 10 10 #7,824
2007 10 10 #7,688
2006 19 19 #4,713
2005 16 16 #5,092
2004 16 16 #5,067
2003 12 12 #5,956
2002 10 10 #6,622
2001 16 16 #4,718
2000 13 13 #5,356
1999 8 8 #7,287
1998 17 17 #4,068
1997 11 11 #5,375
1996 11 11 #5,271
1995 14 14 #4,353
1994 13 13 #4,601
1993 22 22 #3,080
1992 6 16 22 #3,812
1991 13 13 #4,308
1990 17 17 #3,520
1989 19 19 #3,137
1988 11 11 #4,270
1987 7 7 #5,647
1986 16 16 #3,056
1985 16 16 #2,999
1984 17 17 #2,761
1983 16 16 #2,841
1982 16 16 #2,898
1981 9 10 19 #3,982
1980 23 23 #2,250
1979 5 20 25 #2,410
1978 13 13 #3,134
1977 5 19 24 #2,410
1976 6 26 32 #1,912
1975 6 25 31 #1,923
1974 10 19 29 #2,252
1973 9 23 32 #1,907
1972 6 23 29 #1,904
1971 11 19 30 #2,175
1970 23 19 42 #2,101
1969 9 19 28 #1,963
1968 10 21 31 #1,778
1967 5 16 21 #2,018
1966 9 18 27 #1,873
1965 7 13 20 #2,348
1964 6 12 18 #2,514
1963 6 14 20 #2,282
1962 8 18 26 #1,949
1961 11 15 26 #2,232
1960 7 16 23 #2,110
1959 7 10 17 #2,786
1958 6 6
1957 7 11 18 #2,609
1956 10 13 23 #2,347
1955 7 12 19 #2,412
1954 7 16 23 #2,034
1953 5 15 20 #2,093
1952 11 15 26 #2,066
1951 9 12 21 #2,355
1950 10 8 18 #2,999
1949 6 21 27 #1,664
1948 8 7 15 #3,283
1947 10 10
1946 6 11 17 #2,399
1945 7 18 25 #1,632
1944 9 10 19 #2,461
1943 7 7 #3,219
1941 5 5 10 #3,963
1939 7 5 12 #3,924
1938 8 8 #2,859
1936 9 9 #2,624
1935 5 7 12 #3,246
1934 7 7 #3,270
1933 7 7 14 #3,262
1932 5 5 #4,249
1931 7 7 #3,386
1930 5 5 #4,518