Laddie

Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 94.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1919 · 47 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,644
since 1908

Laddie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #1,793, 1902peak #989, 1919girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#10,9386
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
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2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#11,0376
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1992
1991
1990#8,1175
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985#6,5235
1984
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1981
1980#4,9407
1979#5,3556
1978
1977
1976#4,9356
1975
1974
1973#5,1015
1972#4,4416
1971#3,6588
1970#4,2306
1969#4,4045
1968#2,44512
1967#3,2317
1966#3,2497
1965#2,36612
1964#2,31013
1963#3,3187
1962#2,8489
1961#2,32213
1960#1,85819
1959#2,29513
1958#2,50611
1957#1,79120
1956#5,9525#1,76520
1955#1,68221
1954#1,62822
1953#1,42728
1952#1,26834
1951#1,29532
1950#2,20712
1949#2,12313
1948#1,94315
1947#1,36329
1946#1,19634
1945#1,32725
1944#1,21230
1943#1,08839
1942#1,31628
1941#4,4205#1,37224
1940#1,15633
1939#3,7826#1,21929
1938#1,06237
1937#3,4347#1,09435
1936#98940
1935#1,04038
1934#1,15033
1933#1,40523
1932#1,09038
1931#1,17034
1930#4,5505#1,64420
1929#1,19534
1928#3,1649#1,11140
1927#1,06044
1926#3,8737#1,03445
1925#1,14438
1924#4,0027#1,09343
1923#4,3766#1,07644
1922#1,22235
1921#5,0995#1,06943
1920#3,9577#1,23434
1919#4,8145#98947
1918#3,8697#1,03542
1917#1,03340
1916#3,9196#1,09635
1915#1,05437
1914#1,22123
1913#1,36515
1912#1,41712
1911#1,3877
1910
1909
1908#1,2176
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1904
1903
1902#1,7935
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five boys were named Laddie! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Laddie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 51 spots in 1936 (#1,040#989)
  • Biggest drop: 245 spots in 1920 (#989#1,234)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1919 at #989 (47 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1919–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,854
  • Highest: 1 in 20,854 boys born in 1919 were named Laddie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.3% of all boys named Laddie (400) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1908
  • Mostly girls until 1907, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,217 (1908)#1,217
1910s258#989 (1919)#1,177
1920s400#1,034 (1926)#1,124
1930s327#989 (1936)#1,186
1940s270#1,088 (1943)#1,410
1950s213#1,268 (1952)#1,786
1960s104#1,858 (1960)#2,835
1970s37#3,658 (1971)#4,620
1980s12#4,940 (1980)#5,732
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117
2000s6#11,037 (2008)#11,037
2010s0
2020s6#10,938 (2024)#10,938

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Laddie in 1923

girls
#4,376
6 births · 1 in 201,061 girls
boys
#1,076
44 births · 1 in 24,911 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #4,376Laddie6

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #1,076Laddie44
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 201,061 of them was named Laddie, which outranked 23.7% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laddie
  1. #3,971Zell7
  2. #3,971Zilla7
  3. #3,971Zillie7
  4. #4,376Laddie6
  5. #4,376Aberdeen6
  6. #4,376Acie6
  7. #4,376Adalyn6
  8. #4,967Adala5
  9. #4,967Adelma5
  10. #4,967Adia5

Tied with 590 names at #4,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 24,911 of them was named Laddie, which outranked 78.1% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laddie
  1. #1,057Ocie45
  2. #1,057Raoul45
  3. #1,057Virgel45
  4. #1,076Laddie44
  5. #1,076Kazuo44
  6. #1,076Kirk44
  7. #1,076Layton44
  8. #1,087Buddie43
  9. #1,087Colin43
  10. #1,087Eligah43

Tied with 10 names at #1,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923