Ludovico
Ludovico is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled Lodovico. The feminine equivalent is Ludovica.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Ludovico
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ludovico is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled Lodovico. The feminine equivalent is Ludovica.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Ludovico
The earliest SSA record of Ludovico as a baby boy name dates back to 2018, when 6 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Ludovico — #8,294 in the national rankings. About 73% of every Ludovico on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Ludovico last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ludovico
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ludovico. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Lodovico
- Vico
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About the name Ludovico
Ludovico is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2018 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Ludovico's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #8,294. Use the chart and map above to compare Ludovico's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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