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Ledell

Ledell is a boy's name that peaked in 1956, when it was the 1,765th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1996. About 320 Ledells are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 63.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Ledell boys named Ledell

By the numbers

Total US births
562
Estimated living today
320
Median age today
63
Peak year
1956
Best rank
1,765th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1919
Girls / boys
21 / 541

How old the living Ledells are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 562 babies given the name since 1919, about 320 are alive — 57 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1962 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Where Ledell is most common

Relative to how many babies each state records, Ledell is most concentrated in Louisiana (24.5×).

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 1956

The most popular boys’ names the year Ledell peaked:

All the names of 1956

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.