Unisex name · since 1898
Ludy
212 babies named Ludy in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,213 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 212
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ludy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 212 recorded since 1898.
Ludy has 212 recorded births among girls since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1988.
- #19,213 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 212 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ludy ranks #19,213 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 212 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,213 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 212
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ludy's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ludy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ludy splits its recorded history at 1925: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1898 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ludy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1988
- Peak year (1921)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Ludy popularity over time - boys
21 total births recorded since 1912 (Ludy as boys' name)
Ludy by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (78 births, 37% of the file).
1920s was Ludy's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Ludy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
57 births
- 1920s
1920s
78 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 78 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Ludy's decade-level peak was the 1920s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ludy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~90 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, 1898–1988 (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 Ludy 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.