# Ludovic (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ludovic/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 201, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Ludovic, from Medieval Latin Lūdovīcus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 9,941 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,708 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,301 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,286 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,212 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,447 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,570 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Ludovic

- Ludovic Giuly, French footballer (born 1976)
- Ludovic Orban, 68th Prime Minister of Romania (2019-2020)
- Ludovic Halévy, French writer (1834–1908)
- Ludovic Fabregas, French handball player
- Ludovic Blas, French footballer
- Ludovic Bource, film score composer
- Ludovic Butelle, French association football player
- Ludovic Sylvestre, French footballer (born 1984)
- Ludovic Ajorque, French association football player
- Ludovic Baal, French footballer
- Ludovic Roux, French Nordic combined skier
- Ludovic Delporte, French footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.