Ludwig
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,696since 1880
Ludwig over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ludwig has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #1,659 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1946 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,043 | 38 |
| 1937 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,150 | 33 |
| 1933 | #946 | 44 |
| 1932 | #1,077 | 39 |
| 1931 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #995 | 46 |
| 1928 | #1,095 | 41 |
| 1927 | #872 | 60 |
| 1926 | #963 | 50 |
| 1925 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #952 | 54 |
| 1923 | #941 | 53 |
| 1922 | #840 | 66 |
| 1921 | #953 | 54 |
| 1920 | #877 | 61 |
| 1919 | #790 | 67 |
| 1918 | #796 | 67 |
| 1917 | #680 | 78 |
| 1916 | #620 | 88 |
| 1915 | #671 | 75 |
| 1914 | #667 | 58 |
| 1913 | #637 | 49 |
| 1912 | #735 | 34 |
| 1911 | #644 | 23 |
| 1910 | #755 | 16 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #566 | 20 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #495 | 16 |
| 1896 | #641 | 12 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #479 | 15 |
| 1892 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #629 | 10 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #578 | 11 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
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 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Minnesota#338 · 1 in 4,485
- Pennsylvania#388 · 1 in 8,698
- Illinois#497 · 1 in 11,098
- New York#556 · 1 in 15,479
Best ever in a state: #153 in North Dakota, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #338 | 5 | 1 in 4,485 |
| Pennsylvania | #388 | 10 | 1 in 8,698 |
| Illinois | #497 | 5 | 1 in 11,098 |
| New York | #556 | 6 | 1 in 15,479 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 67 | #578 (1886) | #760 |
| 1890s | 108 | #479 (1893) | #687 |
| 1900s | 105 | #566 (1908) | #859 |
| 1910s | 555 | #620 (1916) | #700 |
| 1920s | 524 | #840 (1922) | #961 |
| 1930s | 381 | #922 (1931) | #1,064 |
| 1940s | 198 | #1,334 (1940) | #1,634 |
| 1950s | 175 | #1,551 (1953) | #1,896 |
| 1960s | 134 | #1,659 (1963) | #2,381 |
| 1970s | 75 | #3,152 (1972) | #3,868 |
| 1980s | 82 | #3,350 (1988) | #5,057 |
| 1990s | 79 | #5,096 (1991) | #6,655 |
| 2000s | 71 | #6,839 (2000) | #8,637 |
| 2010s | 81 | #6,324 (2015) | #8,574 |
| 2020s | 61 | #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 1922
boys
#840
66 births · 1 in 16,487 boys
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 16,487 of them was named Ludwig, which outranked 83.1% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).