Ledger
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- #553 for boys in 2025, 541 births
- Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 608 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,970since 1923
Ledger over time
Rank among boys' names. Ledger has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1923, 8 boys in 1926, 5 boys in 1927 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #553 | 541 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #502 | 608 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #560 | 519 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #594 | 479 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #575 | 487 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #631 | 425 |
| 2019 | — | #831 | 271 | |
| 2018 | — | #832 | 267 | |
| 2017 | — | #974 | 212 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,180 | 161 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,168 | 159 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,080 | 179 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,090 | 170 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,711 | 88 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,947 | 71 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,898 | 75 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,654 | 95 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,186 | 61 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,127 | 24 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,520 | 20 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,558 | 13 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ledger! It came in at #4,239, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1925, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ledger is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#93 · 1 in 280
- West Virginia#168 · 1 in 560
- Montana#201 · 1 in 627
- Iowa#206 · 1 in 728
- Utah#233 · 1 in 894
Best ever in a state: #93 in North Dakota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #93 | 12 | 1 in 280 |
| West Virginia | #168 | 11 | 1 in 560 |
| Montana | #201 | 6 | 1 in 627 |
| Iowa | #206 | 19 | 1 in 728 |
| Utah | #233 | 22 | 1 in 894 |
| Kentucky | #253 | 21 | 1 in 978 |
| Oklahoma | #264 | 18 | 1 in 982 |
| Nebraska | #266 | 9 | 1 in 980 |
| Kansas | #277 | 13 | 1 in 1,080 |
| Mississippi | #281 | 11 | 1 in 985 |
| Missouri | #302 | 22 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Arkansas | #305 | 11 | 1 in 1,144 |
| Tennessee | #311 | 28 | 1 in 1,313 |
| Louisiana | #314 | 16 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Alabama | #315 | 17 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Indiana | #338 | 22 | 1 in 1,439 |
| Wisconsin | #355 | 15 | 1 in 1,562 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Ohio | #388 | 28 | 1 in 1,876 |
| Georgia | #482 | 22 | 1 in 2,283 |
| North Carolina | #485 | 21 | 1 in 2,451 |
| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Colorado | #571 | 9 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Washington | #639 | 10 | 1 in 3,280 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Virginia | #670 | 10 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Arizona | #720 | 8 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Texas | #809 | 33 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Florida | #846 | 17 | 1 in 5,620 |
| Illinois | #935 | 8 | 1 in 6,194 |
| New York | #994 | 12 | 1 in 7,035 |
| California | #1,150 | 17 | 1 in 10,322 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ledger
- 51 spots since 2024 (#502 → #553)
- 78 spots since 2020 (#631 → #553)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 51 spots in 2025
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 2024 at #502 (608 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,834 boys born in 2024 were named Ledger (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,157 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 61.5% of all boys named Ledger (3,059) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 18 | #3,139 (1926) | #3,863 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 240 | #1,654 (2009) | #5,174 |
| 2010s | 1,653 | #831 (2019) | #1,271 |
| 2020s | 3,059 | #502 (2024) | #569 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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