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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Ledger
- 51 spots since 2024 (#502 → #553)
- 78 spots since 2020 (#631 → #553)
- 615 spots since 2015 (#1,168 → #553)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 2017 (#1,180 → #974)
- Biggest drop: 51 spots in 2025 (#502 → #553)
- 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.
Ledger in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 267,430 of them was named Ledger, which outranked 23.6% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,197Zyasia7
- #12,197Zyniah7
- #12,197Zyri7
- #13,462Ledger6
- #13,462Aabha6
- #13,462Aadiya6
- #13,462Aalana6
- #15,194Aagya5
- #15,194Aala5
- #15,194Aalaiya5
Tied with 1,731 names at #13,462; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 3,296 of them was named Ledger, which outranked 96.1% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.