Ledger
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEJ-er
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #553 for boys
New arrival
Ledger is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “book of accounts”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 553rd for boys in the US (541 babies).
What does Ledger mean?
English: English word name; also a surname
“book of accounts”
An English word for a book of accounts, and also the surname of the Australian actor Heath Ledger.
Is Ledger a girl's or a boy's name?
Ledger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 541 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ledger in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Ledger, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Ledger in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
How popular is Ledger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #553among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 541about 1 in 3,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 541 boys in the US were named Ledger, making it the 553rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 631st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 608 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Ledger in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ledger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 541 | #553 |
| 2024 | 608 | #502 |
| 2023 | 519 | #560 |
| 2022 | 479 | #594 |
| 2021 | 487 | #575 |
| 2020 | 425 | #631 |
| 2019 | 271 | #831 |
| 2018 | 267 | #832 |
| 2017 | 212 | #974 |
| 2016 | 161 | #1,180 |
| 2015 | 159 | #1,168 |
| 2014 | 179 | #1,080 |
| 2013 | 170 | #1,090 |
| 2012 | 88 | #1,710 |
| 2011 | 71 | #1,946 |
| 2010 | 75 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 95 | #1,653 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
Names like Ledger
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ledger: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ledger, updated 20 October 2026.