Ludwig
Ludwig is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 493rd, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191688 births
- Best rank
- #493in 1893
- Since 1880
- 2,684people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,684 boys have been named Ludwig in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 88 births.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 88 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1910s alone account for 21%. It has spent 40 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ludwig | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 67 | |
| 1890s | 108 | |
| 1900s | 105 | |
| 1910s | 555 | |
| 1920s | 524 | |
| 1930s | 381 | |
| 1940s | 198 | |
| 1950s | 175 | |
| 1960s | 134 | |
| 1970s | 75 | |
| 1980s | 82 | |
| 1990s | 79 | |
| 2000s | 71 | |
| 2010s | 81 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Ludwig was the 625th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1916 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Ludwig
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Waldopeak 1915
- Aloysiuspeak 1916
- Rupertpeak 1920
- Earlepeak 1918
- Elmerpeak 1918
- Elmorepeak 1918
- Clarencepeak 1921
- Oralpeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.