Girls' name · peaked in 1968
Ladonna name popularity since 1925
20,860 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ladonna. Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Ladonna is about 62 years old in 2026. Ladonna peaked in 1968 as the #378 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,860
- Named Ladonna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #14,143 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 20,860 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 7.43× its national share
Peak year is the year Ladonna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ladonna births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1964. Measured as a share of all babies, Ladonna peaked in 1968.
- Fastest rise: Between 1928 and 1933, Ladonna became 1.8× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 6,080 to 1 in 14,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ladonna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ladonna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ladonna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 441 | – |
| 1930s | 1,587 | #544 |
| 1940s | 2,293 | #563 |
| 1950s | 3,790 | #503 |
| 1960s | 5,422 | #393 |
| 1970s | 3,867 | #506 |
| 1980s | 2,496 | #650 |
| 1990s | 658 | #3,131 |
| 2000s | 197 | #6,418 |
| 2010s | 93 | #9,853 |
| 2020–25 | 16 | #14,143 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.0% of babies named Ladonna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Ladonna is most popular
The index compares Ladonna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ladonna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 7.43× | 1,734 |
| Arkansas | 3.39× | 624 |
| Kansas | 3.21× | 586 |
| Nebraska | 2.76× | 347 |
| Missouri | 2.58× | 1,007 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ladonna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ladonna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ladonna (1968).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data