Ledger

Origin: From Germanic 'people' + 'ready' (patronymic); or 'one who lays' (occupational) (from Germanic via Old French, or Old English)

Boy's name · #554 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Ledger reached its best rank, #503, in 2024 and ranked #554 in 2025. About 5,000 boys have carried it since 1923.

In recent years, Ledger ran about 4× its national rate in North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa—ranked #99 in North Dakota in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#1,207 in Canada (2024).

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