Girls' name · since 1907
Ludmilla
Ludmilla has 242 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 242
- total births
- 1907–2005
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
Ludmilla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 242 have been recorded since 1907.
Ludmilla has 242 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 2005.
- 242 total births
- 1907–2005 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
242 girls have been named Ludmilla since 1907, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 2005.
- 242
- total births
- 1907–2005
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Ludmilla was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Ludmilla in 1922 - its busiest year on record.
Ludmilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ludmilla splits its recorded history at 1922: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1907 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ludmilla at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ludmilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–2005
- Peak year (1922)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 99 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2005.
242 total births across 99 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 16 births in a single year.
Ludmilla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Ludmilla's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ludmilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
103 births
- 1920s
1920s
95 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 103 births (43% of all-time use).
Ludmilla decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Ludmilla by state
Where Ludmilla concentrates geographically, total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 2.5% |
6 of 242 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Ludmilla's data
- Ludmilla's decade-level peak was the 1910s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Ludmillas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1907–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ludmilla: Baby Name Since 1907 - 242 Births, Peak 1922." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ludmilla. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Ludmilla 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 June 2026.
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