Girls' name · since 1904
Ludmila
288 babies named Ludmila in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,279 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,269 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 1904
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ludmila is the #13269 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 288 recorded since 1904.
Ludmila has 288 recorded births among girls since 1904, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13269 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1904 to 2025.
- #16,279 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,269 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 288 born since 1904
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ludmila ranks #16,279 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,269 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 288 born since 1904, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,279 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,269 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 1904
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ludmila's 288 recorded births place it above 77.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ludmila compares
288 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ludmila's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ludmila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 288 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ludmila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ludmila's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1904, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ludmila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1904–2025
- Peak year (1916)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 122 years of records
Ludmila by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 22% of the file).
2010s was Ludmila's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Ludmila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
58 births
- 1920s
1920s
32 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ludmila's data
- Ludmila's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ludmila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~121 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1904–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ludmila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.