Given name & surname
Ladd
“a servant; a young man”
Ladd is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a servant; a young man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a servant; a young man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ladd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,329
- 1,329 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #4,094 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,094 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 982 as a first name in 2020; 15,506 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ladd’s family of names
Ladd has a related form in Laddie. Ladd has a related form in Laddy. Ladd has a related form in Lad.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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