Leo vs Ludvig
Leo and Ludvigcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2025, Leo was ranked #28 and Ludvig #13 among boys in Norway.
Leo and Ludvig over time
Leo and Ludvig appear together in 1 published list, across 45 years of shared records. Ludvig held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Leo in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Leo and Ludvig changed places 12 times in Norway · Boys between 1951 and 2025, ending at #28 and #13.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 45 shared years in Norway · Boys, Leo and Ludvig averaged 44.3 places apart, ending at #28 and #13.
- Longest-running competitions
Leo and Ludvig were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 45 years, from 1951 to 2025, ending at #28 and #13.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Boys within 2 years — Leo #28 in 2025, Ludvig #13 in 2025.
List by list
Norway · Boys45 shared years, 1951–2025
Leo held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Ludvig in 24.
Highest recorded here: Leo #28 in 2025, Ludvig #13 in 2025.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Leo #28, Ludvig #13.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Leo | Ludvig |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Lion. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Latin | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːoʊ/ | |
| Syllables | 1 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | New South Wales, Australia · Boys #5 (2025) | Norway · Boys #13 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Leo has a recorded origin (Latin); Ludvig does not have one recorded yet.
- Leo has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Ludvig.
- A meaning is recorded for Leo; Ludvig doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Leo
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #303 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2025
Highest recorded position: #3 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2022 (recorded 2009–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Ludvig
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #287 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #13 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #13 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys