Ladora
Ladora is a city in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 229 at the time of the 2020 census.
Meaning & Origin of Ladora
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ladora is a city in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 229 at the time of the 2020 census.
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Origin & history
The Story of Ladora
Ladora first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1915, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1960, when 14 Ladoras were born — ranking #3,355 that year. As of 2026, Ladora ranks #14,121 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 549 Ladoras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ladora
Ladora is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 549 births in the dataset. Ladora's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #3,355. Use the chart and map above to compare Ladora'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 .
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