Ladarius
Masculine
Ladarius sets an American prefix in front of a Persian king. Darius ruled an empire from the Indus to the Aegean and left an inscription on a cliff face in three languages explaining how he took the throne; the La- in front of his name was made in the United States within living memory.
How old is the name Ladarius?
Ladarius first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Ladarius alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 4,400 people named Ladarius are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ladarius most popular?
Ladarius peaked in 1995, reaching #643 nationally. Today it ranks #5045, 4,402 places below that high. See the whole 1995 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ladarius
Black American families have been building names from prefixes for three generations, and the choice of second half is never arbitrary: it is a name the household already admires. Darius was in wide use in the nineteen-eighties and nineties, and Ladarius, Dadarius and Jadarius followed it, each family setting a different syllable in front so their son would have his own. What comes out has a Persian king at one end and a Mississippi or Alabama nursery at the other, and the join between them is the whole of the name's history.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The compound has no inherited meaning. Darius is genuine: Old Persian Darayavaush, generally read as holding firm the good, which the king himself glosses on his own monuments. The La- prefix carries nothing of its own, so the Persian meaning does not transfer to the whole.
Pronouncing Ladarius
luh-DAIR-ee-us
Four syllables, stress on the second. Some families say luh-DAR-ee-us with a flatter vowel, and both are heard.
Nicknames for Ladarius
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 1995260 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #643reached in 1995
- Change vs 2024
- −29.6%19 in 2025, from 27
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ladarius in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Tennessee, Alabama, Texas.
Ladariuss among us
people named Ladarius are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 89,899 born in 2025 was named Ladarius
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ladarius
- #5045
- Ladarius on the 2025 chart
- #904
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ladarius went to 19 boys in 2025, but Ladarrius is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 24, which makes it the 904th most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,141 places above the chart.
- Ladarius19
- Ladarrius5
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 89,899 for Ladarius itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Del test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ladarius's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Del climbed just as high around 1958, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Del's path sketches the road Ladarius is walking now.
Ladarius sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Ladarius beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ladarius in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Darius works as a short form and is a complete name with a documented empire behind it.
- The four-syllable rhythm is formal and carries well.
- Every sound in it is familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- Four syllables is long for American forms and gets clipped without being asked.
- Ladarius, Ladarrius and LaDarius are all in use, so the spelling will be asked for.
- The Persian meaning belongs to the second half only, which is worth saying plainly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ladariuss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,400 people named Ladarius are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ladarius?
- Ladarius is the most-used spelling in US records — 19 of the 24 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ladarrius.
- How popular is the name Ladarius in 2025?
- Ladarius ranks #5045 among US boy names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ladarius?
- About 1 in every 89,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Ladarius — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ladarius with classmates?
- Ladarius will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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