NameTides

Ledger

Ledger was the #553 boys' name in the US in 2025 (541 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #1,015 in Canada.

Ledger as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ledger as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ledger as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#553 (541)#3,256 (6)#1,015 (25)
2024#502 (608)—#1,156 (20)
2023#560 (519)—#1,043 (22)
2022#594 (479)#4,790 (3)#1,027 (22)
2021#575 (487)—#1,151 (19)
2020#631 (425)—#1,312 (15)
2019#831 (271)—#1,634 (11)
2018#832 (267)—#1,983 (8)
2017#974 (212)—#1,623 (11)
2016#1,180 (161)—#2,182 (7)
2015#1,168 (159)——
2014#1,080 (179)——
2013#1,090 (170)——
2012#1,711 (88)——
2011#1,947 (71)—#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #502.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1923.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ledger is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 3,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ledger by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #206IAIndiana: #338INOhio: #388OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: #233UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #302MOKentucky: #253KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #277KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #485NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #315ALGeorgia: #482GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #809TXFlorida: #846FL
Ledger (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Ledger (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LedgerCanadaBoys#1,01525
LedgerEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
LedgerNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LedgerUSGirls—too few
LedgerUSBoys#553541