How rare is the name Ladonna?

15,996 people in the United States have the first name Ladonna, about 1 in 18,882. It ranks #1,825 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LADONNA

#1,825

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,996
About
1 in 18,882
This common or more
77.2%
Who bears it

Of the 15,996 people named Ladonna, 65.5% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Black and 4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ladonna peaked in 1964, when 612 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
612
In 2025*
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 21,233 babies have been given the name since 1903. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ladonna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #732. The largest share of babies named Ladonna, 36.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,50922
1910s#3,062162
1920s#1,721630
1930s#9571,587
1940s#9122,293
1950s#8343,790
1960s#7325,422
1970s#8943,867
1980s#1,2562,496
1990s#3,561658
2000s#10,189197
2010s#17,54893
2020s#29,08216
Greatest Generation 1901–272.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.8%
Baby boom 1946–6436.3%
Generation X 1965–8032.3%
Millennials 1981–9612.9%
Generation Z 1997–121.6%
2013 and later0.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ladonna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ladonna has been most common in Oklahoma (7.1×), Arkansas (3.2×), and Kansas (3.1×), and least common in New York (0.05×).

17,835 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ladonna, most common first.

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