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Ludovic

Boys' name

From Medieval Latin Lūdovīcus; literal meaning unconfirmed

Ludovic has been given to 49 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2015, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Ludovic, 2022

1 in 677,000

Ludovic over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ludovic: meaning, origin, and history

From Medieval Latin Lūdovīcus; literal meaning unconfirmed

French and Latin

What Ludovic means

Ludovic is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ludovic is used in English, French and Romanian. Its origins include French and Latin.

Ludovic comes through French Ludovic and Medieval Latin Lūdovīcus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Louis.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Ludovic is pronounced /ly.dɔ.vik/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 49 boys were recorded with the name Ludovic between 1996 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2015; its best national rank was #9,934 in 1996.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ludovic?

Ludovic had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 677,000
5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only
1 in 349,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
469,366 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ludovic sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ludovic. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ludovics were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ludovic was born before 2015 — so the typical Ludovic is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
49
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2010s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Ludovic rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2015 (7)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,934
1996

Ludovic around the world

Where Ludovic ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #2,470
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #395
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1958–1958
    #433
    in 1958

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ludovic by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#9,934
1996
Peak year
2015
7 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
49
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ludovic

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ludovic

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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