Ladarius
A masculine name derived from the Latin name Valerius or Hilarius.
Name Census estimates that about 4,436 living Americans carry the first name Ladarius. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Ladarius today is around 26 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ladarius births was 1995 (260 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ladarius. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
4.4K
~ 1 in 77,267 Americans
Peak year
1995
260 babies that year
Average age
26
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,135
Tracked since 1976
Census
Ladarius in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 3,086 people with the first name Ladarius, which placed it at #5,525 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#5,525
National first-name rank
People counted
3.1K
3,086 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
95.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Ladarius
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ladarius is Black at 95.0%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (2.9%) and Hispanic (0.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Ladarius described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Ladarius at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American95.0% · 2,932
- Two or more races2.9% · 91
- Hispanic or Latino0.9% · 28
- White0.7% · 21
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 10
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.1% · 4
Popularity
Ladarius: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ladarius from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 2,182 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ladarius by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Ladarius during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Ladarius' live
The SSA's state-level files cover 14 states and territories. Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee recorded the most babies named Ladarius, while Virginia, Kentucky, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 261 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Ladarius
The name Ladarius is a variant of the Latin name Laderius, which itself is derived from the ancient Roman family name Laderius. The Laderius gens was a minor patrician family that lived during the early Roman Republic era, around the 5th century BCE. The name likely stems from the Latin word "lades," meaning "ladle" or "scoop," potentially referring to an occupation or trade.
Ladarius first appeared in written records during the late Roman period, around the 3rd to 5th centuries CE. It was occasionally used as a personal name among members of the Roman aristocracy and upper classes. One of the earliest known individuals with the name was Ladarius Flavius, a Roman senator who lived in the late 4th century CE.
During the Middle Ages, the name Ladarius fell out of widespread use but was occasionally seen in certain regions of Europe, particularly in Italy and France. One notable bearer of the name was Ladarius de Montferrat, a French nobleman and crusader who participated in the Third Crusade in the late 12th century.
In the Renaissance period, the name experienced a minor revival, especially in Italy. Ladarius Machiavelli, a distant relative of the famous political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, was a Florentine merchant and banker who lived in the early 16th century.
Another noteworthy individual was Ladarius Galilei, an Italian mathematician and astronomer who was a contemporary and colleague of Galileo Galilei. He lived from 1564 to 1642 and made contributions to the development of early calculus.
During the 17th century, Ladarius Rembrandt, a Dutch painter and etcher, was a student and friend of the renowned artist Rembrandt van Rijn. He was born in 1620 and is known for his portraits and landscape paintings.
While the name Ladarius has remained relatively uncommon throughout history, it has been borne by a handful of individuals across various cultures and time periods, with its roots tracing back to ancient Roman origins.
People
Ladarius + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ladarius as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Ladarius: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ladarius?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 4,436 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ladarius going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 77,267 US residents.
Is Ladarius a common name?
We classify Ladarius as "Rare". It ranks above 96.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 4,528 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ladarius most popular?
The single biggest year for Ladarius was 1995, when 260 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ladarius is about 26 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Ladarius in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 3,086 people with the name Ladarius, or 1.02 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #5,525 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Ladarius in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Ladarius?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Ladarius appears almost entirely male. Of the 3,083 people counted with this name, 99.7% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Ladarius?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ladarius is Black at 95.0%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (2.9%) and Hispanic (0.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Ladarius most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Ladarius in the 2020 Census, accounting for 95.0% (2,932 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Ladarius in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Ladarius a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Ladarius in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Ladarius still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Ladarius in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Ladarius can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Ladarius?
Want to know how many Americans are named Ladarius? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.