Ludwig
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Ludwig is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Ludwig mean?
Germanic
A male given name from German.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ludwig a girl's or a boy's name?
Ludwig is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ludwig in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5 boys.
Ludwig in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Ludwig in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Ludwig, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 88 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ludwig in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ludwig in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,031 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,028 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,057 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,150 |
| 1933 | 44 | #946 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 49 | #922 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,151 |
| 1929 | 46 | #995 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | 60 | #872 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1924 | 54 | #952 |
| 1923 | 53 | #941 |
| 1922 | 66 | #840 |
| 1921 | 54 | #953 |
| 1920 | 61 | #877 |
| 1919 | 67 | #790 |
| 1918 | 67 | #796 |
| 1917 | 78 | #680 |
| 1916 | 88 | #620 |
| 1915 | 75 | #671 |
| 1914 | 58 | #667 |
| 1913 | 49 | #637 |
| 1912 | 34 | #735 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 16 | #755 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 20 | #566 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 15 | #615 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 16 | #495 |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 12 | #596 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 11 | #578 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
Names like Ludwig
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Louie Rupert Archie Albert Harry Charlie Henry Otis Otto Lewis Leo Frederick
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ludwig: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ludwig, updated 20 October 2026.