The name Ludwig is of German origin, and means famous soldier.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ludwig has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Ludwig
Use of the Name Ludwig for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
1,279
0
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ludwig has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Ludwig last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1933, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Ludwig
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
666
9
1881
1882
909
6
1883
851
6
1884
684
9
1885
741
8
1886
590
11
1887
1888
1889
855
7
1890
651
10
1891
814
7
1892
624
12
1893
493
15
1894
1895
545
15
1896
659
12
1897
509
16
1898
1899
690
10
1900
885
10
1901
1902
639
13
1903
640
13
1904
1905
627
15
1906
892
9
1907
1908
571
20
1909
1910
771
16
1911
659
23
1912
743
34
1913
640
49
1914
673
58
1915
675
75
1916
625
88
1917
683
78
1918
799
67
1919
806
66
1920
860
63
1921
956
54
1922
853
65
1923
945
53
1924
952
55
1925
1926
959
51
1927
887
59
1928
1929
1930
1931
933
49
1932
1933
970
43
Totals:
1,279
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Ludwig as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Ludwig appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 40 times during the last 125 years.