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 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 18,375 of them was named Ludie, which outranked 83.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #894Gay64
- #894Jamie64
- #894Onie64
- #900Ludie63
- #900Aida63
- #900Aldona63
- #900Carroll63
- #910Corrie62
- #910Francine62
- #910Leo62
Tied with 9 names at #900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 92,135 of them was named Ludie, which outranked 47.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,398Worthy12
- #2,398Yutaka12
- #2,398Zebedee12
- #2,543Ludie11
- #2,543Abron11
- #2,543Acey11
- #2,543Alison11
- #2,699Adams10
- #2,699Aldine10
- #2,699Alfonza10
Tied with 155 names at #2,543; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.