Ladean
Feminine
Ladean is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 568 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Ladean joins the soft La- opening to Dean, a name English speakers hear as a boy's, and gives the result almost entirely to girls. It is two or three syllables depending on who says it, with the stress on the last.
How old is the name Ladean?
Ladean first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Ladean alive today was born around 1942, making them about 83 years old. About 300 people named Ladean are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ladean most popular?
Ladean peaked in 1938, reaching #1945 nationally. See the whole 1938 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ladean
Dean on its own has always been a boy's name in America, a surname taken from the title of a church official or from a word for a valley. Ladean took that plain name, set La- in front of it, and turned it toward daughters, and the record shows families followed: nearly every Ladean has been a girl. It is a small example of how a prefix can change who a name belongs to.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records a meaning for Ladean. It joins La- to Dean, an English surname and title, and no record says who first put them together or why.
Pronouncing Ladean
luh-DEEN
Stress on the last syllable. Some families say LAY-deen.
Nicknames for Ladean
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
- 1913
- Most girls named
- 196120 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1945reached in 1938
- Change vs 1972
- −28.6%5 in 1982, from 7
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.
Ladeans among us
people named Ladean are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Ladean sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is easy to say once heard.
- It is almost certainly unique among the people she will meet.
- The Dean inside it reads as a boy's name, so strangers may be surprised.
- A very few boys have been given it; there is no recorded meaning to give either way.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ladeans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Ladean are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ladean in 2025?
- Ladean is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Ladean will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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