Ludmila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lood-MEE-lah
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Ludmila is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear to the people”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Ludmila mean?
Slavic: lyud 'people' + mil 'dear, gracious'
“dear to the people”
Saint Ludmila (d. 921), grandmother of Saint Wenceslas, is a patron saint of Bohemia.
Is Ludmila a girl's or a boy's name?
Ludmila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ludmila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ludmila, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
2025 had fewer girls named Ludmila than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Ludmila in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ludmila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
Nicknames for Ludmila
- Mila 1,124 girls in the UK in 2025
- Lyuda
Names like Ludmila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Kaylani, Kailani, Lola, Kehlani, Noa, Amora, Alani, Milana, Malani, Meilani, Layla
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ludmila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ludmila, updated 20 October 2026.