Ladina
A feminine name of Spanish or Hebrew origin meaning "lady" or "noble woman".
Name Census estimates that about 163 living Americans carry the first name Ladina. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Ladina today is around 52 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ladina births was 1964 (14 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ladina. 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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Ladina with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
163
~ 1 in 2,102,787 Americans
Peak year
1964
14 babies that year
Average age
52
years old
1991 SSA rank
#14,332
Tracked since 1961
Census
Ladina in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 198 people with the first name Ladina, which placed it at #38,638 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
#38,638
National first-name rank
People counted
198
198 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
46.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Ladina
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ladina is White at 46.5%. The next largest groups are Black (32.3%) and Two or More Races (9.1%). 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 Ladina 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 Ladina at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White46.5% · 92
- Black or African American32.3% · 64
- Two or more races9.1% · 18
- Hispanic or Latino8.6% · 17
- American Indian and Alaska Native3.0% · 6
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.5% · 1
Popularity
Ladina: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ladina from the 1960s through to the 1990s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 84 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1970s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ladina 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 Ladina during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Ladinas live
Origin
Meaning and history of Ladina
The name Ladina has its origins in the Ladino language, which is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish and spoken by Sephardic Jews. Ladino developed after the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, with communities forming in the Ottoman Empire, North Africa, and other parts of the Mediterranean.
The name Ladina likely comes from the Ladino word "ladina," which means "the Latin language" or "the Romance language." It was used to distinguish the Judeo-Spanish language from Hebrew and other languages spoken by Jewish communities. The name may have been given to girls born into Sephardic Jewish families as a way to connect them to their cultural and linguistic heritage.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Ladina is in the 16th century, when a woman named Ladina de Espinosa lived in the Ottoman Empire. She was a prominent member of the Sephardic Jewish community in Salonica (modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece).
In the 17th century, a woman named Ladina de Cordova was a poet and writer in Amsterdam. She was part of the vibrant Sephardic Jewish community in the Netherlands, which had welcomed refugees from the Iberian Peninsula.
Another notable Ladina was Ladina Becker (1644-1705), a Dutch poet and writer who was also a member of the Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. Her works reflected the cultural and linguistic richness of her community.
In the 19th century, Ladina Neville (1832-1908) was a British author and philanthropist. She was involved in various charitable causes and wrote several books, including novels and collections of short stories.
Ladina Bullrich (1904-1994) was an Argentine artist and sculptor. She was a prominent figure in the avant-garde art movement in Buenos Aires and her works were exhibited in galleries around the world.
People
Ladina + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ladina 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
Ladina: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ladina?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 163 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ladina 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 2,102,787 US residents.
Is Ladina a common name?
We classify Ladina as "Very Rare". It ranks above 71.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 184 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ladina most popular?
The single biggest year for Ladina was 1964, when 14 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ladina is about 52 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Ladina in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 198 people with the name Ladina, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #38,638 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 Ladina 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 Ladina?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Ladina appears almost entirely female. Of the 202 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. 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 Ladina?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ladina is White at 46.5%. The next largest groups are Black (32.3%) and Two or More Races (9.1%). 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 Ladina most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Ladina in the 2020 Census, accounting for 46.5% (92 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 Ladina in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Ladina a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Ladina in the SSA data are female. 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 Ladina still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Ladina 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 Ladina 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 have Ladina as a first name?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Ladina, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.