Ludwika

Girls' name

Feminine form of Ludwig

Ludwika has been given to 101 babies in the U.S. since 2001. 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 2006, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Ludwika, 2011

1 in 732,000

Ludwika over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ludwika: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Ludwig

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ludwika means

Ludwika is a feminine form of Ludwig.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ludwika is used in Polish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /lud.ˈvi.ka/ for Ludwika.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ludwika → Ludwig → Ludwig. The family’s meaning is “famed; loud”, recorded in German with the source elements lūt.

Origin, language, and formation

Ludwika comes through Indonesian feminine nouns.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ludwig.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Ludwika is pronounced /luˈdvi.ka/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 101 girls were recorded with the name Ludwika between 2001 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2006; its best national rank was #7,824 in 2003.

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.

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How common is Ludwika?

Ludwika had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 352,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,099 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ludwika sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 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 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ludwika. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ludwikas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ludwika was born before 2005 — so the typical Ludwika is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 89.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 101; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 89.1% of all recorded uses (90).

Is Ludwika 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2006 (15)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,824; 2003

Where Ludwika is used

Across 1910–2025, Ludwika was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ludwika has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ludwika around the world

Where Ludwika 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.

France
1925–1925
#1,088
in 1925
South Australia
1950–1950
#436
in 1950

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ludwika by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,824; 2003
Peak year: 2006; 15 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 101
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ludwika

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

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Sibling names for Ludwika

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

For a sister

Taniya Melia Jazmyne Jayna Nyasia Tayla Estefany Sanaa

For a brother

Paulo Yair Tye Deshaun Oswaldo Nathen Britton Mauro

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