Ludwig

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
#479
1893 · 15 births
Debut · boys
1880
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,696
since 1880

Ludwig over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ludwig has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #479, 1893boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#7,76510
2023#8,2559
2022#8,3009
2021#6,33513
2020#8,7398
2019—
2018#7,13611
2017#10,7756
2016#8,8168
2015#6,32413
2014#9,6427
2013#6,60312
2012#7,55910
2011#8,0799
2010#12,2315
2009#7,69210
2008#11,0376
2007#9,7887
2006#8,7328
2005#7,09610
2004#7,5369
2003—
2002#8,4567
2001#10,5565
2000#6,8399
1999#7,8747
1998#7,5607
1997#8,1106
1996#5,18711
1995#7,7926
1994#5,8689
1993#6,2288
1992#5,6609
1991#5,09610
1990#7,1786
1989#5,6158
1988#3,35015
1987#6,0896
1986#5,9266
1985#6,5235
1984#4,9737
1983#3,41112
1982#3,69211
1981#5,4686
1980#5,5256
1979#4,4038
1978#3,8579
1977#3,8369
1976#3,7249
1975#4,7976
1974#3,5589
1973—
1972#3,15210
1971#3,9637
1970#3,5218
1969#3,3148
1968#2,03016
1967#2,61110
1966#2,46511
1965#1,91817
1964#2,31013
1963#1,65923
1962#2,27913
1961#2,14815
1960#3,0778
1959#2,11115
1958#1,95317
1957#1,75121
1956#2,09115
1955#1,79119
1954#1,95616
1953#1,55124
1952#1,80418
1951#1,83817
1950#2,11113
1949#1,70219
1948#2,32611
1947#1,42527
1946#1,55721
1945#1,49420
1944#1,63018
1943#1,69918
1942#1,58520
1941#1,58819
1940#1,33425
1939#1,23828
1938#1,04338
1937#1,03138
1936#1,02838
1935#1,05737
1934#1,15033
1933#94644
1932#1,07739
1931#92249
1930#1,15137
1929#99546
1928#1,09541
1927#87260
1926#96350
1925#1,12139
1924#95254
1923#94153
1922#84066
1921#95354
1920#87761
1919#79067
1918#79667
1917#68078
1916#62088
1915#67175
1914#66758
1913#63749
1912#73534
1911#64423
1910#75516
1909#1,0209
1908#56620
1907#1,2006
1906#8529
1905#61515
1904#1,2055
1903#61913
1902#61513
1901#1,0585
1900#83610
1899#66110
1898#1,1215
1897#49516
1896#64112
1895#52915
1894#9546
1893#47915
1892#59712
1891#7667
1890#62910
1889#7897
1888#9176
1887#9215
1886#57811
1885#7008
1884#6639
1883#7996
1882#8376
1881—
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ludwig was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ludwig is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ludwig
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 962 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #6,803)
  • 1,936 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #6,803)
  • 479 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 634 spots in 1908 (#1,200 → #566)
  • Biggest drop: 626 spots in 1898 (#495 → #1,121)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #479 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1882–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,047
  • Highest: 1 in 7,047 boys born in 1897 were named Ludwig (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #479 in 1893, was only 1 in 7,488 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Ludwig (555) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s67#578 (1886)#760
1890s108#479 (1893)#687
1900s105#566 (1908)#859
1910s555#620 (1916)#700
1920s524#840 (1922)#961
1930s381#922 (1931)#1,064
1940s198#1,334 (1940)#1,634
1950s175#1,551 (1953)#1,896
1960s134#1,659 (1963)#2,381
1970s75#3,152 (1972)#3,868
1980s82#3,350 (1988)#5,057
1990s79#5,096 (1991)#6,655
2000s71#6,839 (2000)#8,637
2010s81#6,324 (2015)#8,574
2020s61#6,335 (2021)#7,700

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ludwig in 1897

boys
#495
16 births · 1 in 7,047 boys

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #495Ludwig16
More about 1897

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 7,047 of them was named Ludwig, which outranked 59.7% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ludwig
  1. #473Steven17
  2. #473Tillman17
  3. #473Urban17
  4. #495Ludwig16
  5. #495Alford16
  6. #495Archibald16
  7. #495Bernice16
  8. #515Adolphus15
  9. #515Angus15
  10. #515Booker15

Tied with 19 names at #495; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 509Roswell#982 → #473
  2. ↑ 487Theron#982 → #495
  3. ↑ 486Alois#1,101 → #615
  4. ↑ 486Rush#1,101 → #615
  5. ↑ 467Helmer#982 → #515
Fallers
  1. ↓ 480Benton#462 → #942
  2. ↓ 465Louise#592 → #1,057
  3. ↓ 465Bradford#592 → #1,057
  4. ↓ 461Allison#481 → #942
  5. ↓ 424Hilliard#518 → #942

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897 →