Ludwig
Meaning
famous warrior
Famously borne by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ludwig has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
159 people · the #29,875 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 33
Among people named Ludwig living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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