Meaning not yet researched.
Ludwig: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #493 in 1893.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #493 in 1893; #7,044 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ludwig in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,044 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1893, at #493.
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Ludwig: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #493 in 1893 · most boys in one year: 88 (1916).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Ludwig, making it the 7,044th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,056 places from #8,100 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 10 boys named Ludwig in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #493, reached in 1893. The most boys given the name in a single year was 88, in 1916. For comparison, it was #6,560 in 2015 and #2,162 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ludwig in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 2,696 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 555 babies named Ludwig.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 86 US boys were named Ludwig; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 13. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Louis (409,317 babies since 1880), Luis (294,500 babies since 1880), Lewis (156,636 babies since 1880) and Luigi (4,305 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Ludwig in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #7,044 |
| 2024 | — | — | 10 | #8,100 |
| 2023 | — | — | 9 | #8,657 |
| 2022 | — | — | 9 | #8,722 |
| 2021 | — | — | 13 | #6,545 |
| 2020 | — | — | 8 | #9,228 |
| 2018 | — | — | 11 | #7,430 |
| 2017 | — | — | 6 | #11,628 |
| 2016 | — | — | 8 | #9,365 |
| 2015 | — | — | 13 | #6,560 |
| 2014 | — | — | 7 | #10,311 |
| 2013 | — | — | 12 | #6,869 |
| 2012 | — | — | 10 | #7,911 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,515 |
| 2010 | — | — | 5 | #13,495 |
| 2009 | — | — | 10 | #8,075 |
| 2008 | — | — | 6 | #11,995 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #10,457 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #9,254 |
| 2005 | — | — | 10 | #7,456 |
| 2004 | — | — | 9 | #7,940 |
| 2002 | — | — | 7 | #9,027 |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | #11,645 |
| 2000 | — | — | 9 | #7,185 |
| 1999 | — | — | 7 | #8,382 |
| 1998 | — | — | 7 | #8,116 |
| 1997 | — | — | 6 | #8,840 |
| 1996 | — | — | 11 | #5,400 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,462 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,157 |
| 1993 | — | — | 8 | #6,602 |
| 1992 | — | — | 9 | #5,945 |
| 1991 | — | — | 10 | #5,343 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,731 |
| 1989 | — | — | 8 | #5,995 |
| 1988 | — | — | 15 | #3,458 |
| 1987 | — | — | 6 | #6,626 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,412 |
| 1985 | — | — | 5 | #7,164 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,337 |
| 1983 | — | — | 12 | #3,545 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,840 |
| 1981 | — | — | 6 | #5,957 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #5,961 |
| 1979 | — | — | 8 | #4,674 |
| 1978 | — | — | 9 | #4,042 |
| 1977 | — | — | 9 | #4,036 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #3,888 |
| 1975 | — | — | 6 | #5,192 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,730 |
| 1972 | — | — | 10 | #3,268 |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #4,212 |
| 1970 | — | — | 8 | #3,709 |
| 1969 | — | — | 8 | #3,477 |
| 1968 | — | — | 16 | #2,078 |
| 1967 | — | — | 10 | #2,709 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1965 | — | — | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1964 | — | — | 13 | #2,372 |
| 1963 | — | — | 23 | #1,681 |
| 1962 | — | — | 13 | #2,325 |
| 1961 | — | — | 15 | #2,199 |
| 1960 | — | — | 8 | #3,237 |
| 1959 | — | — | 15 | #2,168 |
| 1958 | — | — | 17 | #1,993 |
| 1957 | — | — | 21 | #1,773 |
| 1956 | — | — | 15 | #2,140 |
| 1955 | — | — | 19 | #1,826 |
| 1954 | — | — | 16 | #2,016 |
| 1953 | — | — | 24 | #1,570 |
| 1952 | — | — | 18 | #1,836 |
| 1951 | — | — | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1950 | — | — | 13 | #2,162 |
| 1949 | — | — | 19 | #1,737 |
| 1948 | — | — | 11 | #2,395 |
| 1947 | — | — | 27 | #1,438 |
| 1946 | — | — | 21 | #1,585 |
| 1945 | — | — | 20 | #1,518 |
| 1944 | — | — | 18 | #1,661 |
| 1943 | — | — | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1942 | — | — | 20 | #1,615 |
| 1941 | — | — | 19 | #1,622 |
| 1940 | — | — | 25 | #1,352 |
| 1939 | — | — | 28 | #1,259 |
| 1938 | — | — | 38 | #1,057 |
| 1937 | — | — | 38 | #1,047 |
| 1936 | — | — | 38 | #1,040 |
| 1935 | — | — | 37 | #1,071 |
| 1934 | — | — | 33 | #1,163 |
| 1933 | — | — | 44 | #957 |
| 1932 | — | — | 39 | #1,084 |
| 1931 | — | — | 49 | #932 |
| 1930 | — | — | 37 | #1,166 |
| 1929 | — | — | 46 | #1,002 |
| 1928 | — | — | 41 | #1,108 |
| 1927 | — | — | 60 | #878 |
| 1926 | — | — | 50 | #973 |
| 1925 | — | — | 39 | #1,137 |
| 1924 | — | — | 54 | #958 |
| 1923 | — | — | 53 | #946 |
| 1922 | — | — | 66 | #848 |
| 1921 | — | — | 54 | #957 |
| 1920 | — | — | 61 | #884 |
| 1919 | — | — | 67 | #795 |
| 1918 | — | — | 67 | #800 |
| 1917 | — | — | 78 | #685 |
| 1916 | — | — | 88 | #625 |
| 1915 | — | — | 75 | #674 |
| 1914 | — | — | 58 | #671 |
| 1913 | — | — | 49 | #640 |
| 1912 | — | — | 34 | #745 |
| 1911 | — | — | 23 | #659 |
| 1910 | — | — | 16 | #771 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,056 |
| 1908 | — | — | 20 | #572 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,283 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #892 |
| 1905 | — | — | 15 | #627 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,326 |
| 1903 | — | — | 13 | #641 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #638 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,152 |
| 1900 | — | — | 10 | #882 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #689 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,238 |
| 1897 | — | — | 16 | #508 |
| 1896 | — | — | 12 | #659 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #545 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,031 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #493 |
| 1892 | — | — | 12 | #624 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #813 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #651 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #854 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,003 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,005 |
| 1886 | — | — | 11 | #590 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #740 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #684 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #851 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #908 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #666 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).