Ladonna
Ladonna is a name with a single cultural origin: African American.
- African American
Meaning & Origin of Ladonna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ladonna is a name with a single cultural origin: African American.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
The Story of Ladonna
American parents first put Ladonna on the record books as a baby girl name in 1903, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 612 Ladonnas were born — ranking #391 that year. About 26% of every Ladonna on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Ladonna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ladonna
Ladonna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1903 and has accumulated 21K births in the dataset. Ladonna's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #391. Use the chart and map above to compare Ladonna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.