Given name & surname · also Norman
Ledger
“to lay”
Ledger is a surname from Norman, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ledger goes back to Old English leċġan, meaning “to lay.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ledger comes from Norman, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ledger through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,001
- 4,970 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 613 babies
- 2025
- 541
- #554 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +98%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 541 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 554 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 97.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (33). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,837 as a first name in 2020; 2,083 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ledger’s family of names
In English usage, Ledger as a surname has a related form in Ledyard.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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