Ludie
Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,009 · Last seen for boys in 1970 at #4,724
Given to girls 90.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,687since 1880
Ludie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #3,601 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
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| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #1,144 | 42 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #1,161 | 44 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,023 | 53 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #913 | 66 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #962 | 63 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #1,027 | 54 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #917 | 64 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #885 | 70 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #872 | 69 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #858 | 66 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #900 | 63 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #916 | 57 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #750 | 82 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #811 | 65 | — | |
| 1914 | #714 | 65 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #782 | 45 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #582 | 69 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #679 | 39 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #566 | 46 | — | |
| 1908 | #527 | 48 | — | |
| 1907 | #500 | 51 | — | |
| 1906 | #486 | 50 | — | |
| 1905 | #519 | 43 | — | |
| 1904 | #480 | 47 | — | |
| 1903 | #470 | 46 | — | |
| 1902 | #509 | 39 | — | |
| 1901 | #547 | 31 | — | |
| 1900 | #481 | 49 | — | |
| 1899 | #490 | 36 | — | |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 | — | |
| 1897 | #470 | 37 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #520 | 32 | — | |
| 1894 | #527 | 30 | — | |
| 1893 | #614 | 22 | — | |
| 1892 | #409 | 42 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #457 | 31 | — | |
| 1890 | #400 | 40 | — | |
| 1889 | #410 | 35 | — | |
| 1888 | #443 | 31 | — | |
| 1887 | #464 | 23 | — | |
| 1886 | #491 | 20 | — | |
| 1885 | #470 | 20 | — | |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | — | |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 | — | |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 | — | |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | — | |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ludie was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ludie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1912 (#741 → #582)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1893 (#409 → #614)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #389 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 68 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1880–1922
- Highest: 1 in 4,759 girls born in 1890 were named Ludie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,809 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #389 in 1882, was only 1 in 5,136 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.8% of all girls named Ludie (585) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1969, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 209 | #389 (1882) | #462 |
| 1890s | 344 | #400 (1890) | #488 |
| 1900s | 450 | #470 (1903) | #509 |
| 1910s | 585 | #582 (1912) | #773 |
| 1920s | 554 | #872 (1920) | #1,032 |
| 1930s | 278 | #1,102 (1933) | #1,470 |
| 1940s | 180 | #1,745 (1940) | #2,163 |
| 1950s | 76 | #3,482 (1951) | #4,229 |
| 1960s | 11 | #6,009 (1964) | #6,288 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ludie in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
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178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 5,762 of them was named Ludie, which outranked 69.9% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #439Ettie32
- #439Mona32
- #439Shirley32
- #443Ludie31
- #443Bella31
- #443Iona31
- #443Lenore31
- #451Dolores30
- #451Libbie30
- #451Lue30
Tied with 7 names at #443; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.