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How popular is “Ludwig” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ludwig” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ludwig” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ludwig” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ludwig” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ludwig” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ludwig” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ludwig” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 20 0.000040929 20 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 -100%
1911 23 0.000035699 23 -100%
1912 34 0.000034411 34 -100%
1913 49 0.000043092 49 -100%
1914 58 0.000040951 58 -100%
1915 75 0.000040929 75 -100%
1916 88 0.000045492 88 -100%
1917 78 0.000038869 78 -100%
1918 67 0.00003086 67 -100%
1919 67 0.00003175 67 -100%
1920 61 0.00002696 61 -100%
1921 54 0.000023131 54 -100%
1922 66 0.000028832 66 -100%
1923 53 0.000023019 53 -100%
1924 54 0.000022674 54 -100%
1925 39 0.000016715 39 -100%
1926 50 0.000021778 50 -100%
1927 60 0.000025869 60 -100%
1928 41 0.000018134 41 -100%
1929 46 0.000020984 46 -100%
1930 37 0.000016642 37 -100%
1931 49 0.000023285 49 -100%
1932 39 0.000018472 39 -100%
1933 44 0.000022006 44 -100%
1934 33 0.00001589 33 -100%
1935 37 0.000017704 37 -100%
1936 38 0.000018291 38 -100%
1937 38 0.000017835 38 -100%
1938 38 0.000017175 38 -100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 -100%
1940 25 0.000010857 25 -100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 -100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 -100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 -100%
1946 21 0.000006572 21 -100%
1947 27 0.000007495 27 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 -100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 23 0.000005811 23 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 -100%

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