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“From Germanic 'people' + 'ready' (patronymic); or 'one who lays' (occupational)” — Germanic via Old French, or Old English origin
Boy's name · #554 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Ledger reached its best rank, #503, in 2024 and ranked #554 in 2025. About 5,000 boys have carried it since 1923. In North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa it runs about 4× its national rate.
Around the world: about 1 in 7,900 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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