girls:
201 births since 1890
#5515 (3rd percentile)
boys:
23 births since 1918
#4563 (0th percentile)
overall:
224 births since 1890
#7515 (3rd percentile)
The name Luddie is the #7,515 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 224 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 2.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,515 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 201 births since 1890. For boys, it ranks #4,563 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 1918.
Luddie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (1890 for girls and 1918 for boys). Birth data for Luddie is available in 29 out of the 58 years between 1890 and 1947 (29 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Luddie has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.7% of all recorded births being female. In 1947, 100.0% of babies named Luddie were girls.
For girls, Luddie reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #587) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 25 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1947.
For boys, Luddie reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #520) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1939, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1939.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Luddie".
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