Legend

Given to 26,773 US babies since 1993

● Steady

Rank in 2025
#5722
recorded as girls
#193
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,883
girls 21 · boys 1,862
Peak year
2021
3,186 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
26,773
since 1993

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Any year from 1880 to 2025.

Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025

Recorded as girls Recorded as boys
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025Legend was most popular in 2021, when 3,186 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,862 babies were named Legend, ranking #193 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.00.6251.251.8752.518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2021 Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025Legend was most popular in 2021, when 3,186 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,862 babies were named Legend, ranking #193 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.00.6251.251.8752.51880192019602000Peak 2021

Legend was most popular in 2021, when 3,186 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,862 babies were named Legend, ranking #193 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.

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YearGirlsRankBoysRank
2025 21 5722 1,862 193
2024 33 4294 2,288 157
2023 47 3386 2,505 145
2022 69 2554 2,901 132
2021 57 2929 3,186 118
2020 67 2549 2,852 127
2019 70 2508 2,578 150
2018 80 2275 1,734 216
2017 76 2384 1,461 255
2016 70 2539 1,148 310
2015 52 3177 815 391
2014 41 3719 523 533
2013 18 6729 327 717
2012 21 6110 263 830
2011 13 8614 215 928
2010 15 7880 214 940
2009 25 5537 191 1020
2008 20 6559 163 1119
2007 17 7394 94 1638
2006 17 7142 65 2037
2005 15 7500 88 1573
2004 8 11624 45 2452
2003 9 10425 31 3044
2002 8 11108 40 2470
2001 16 6619 40 2429
2000 12 8027 30 2922
1999 13 7239 41 2231
1998 16 6073 21 3486
1997 16 5868 17 3877
1996 8 9581 17 3830
1995 11 7514 29 2556
1994 7 10569 11 5109
1993 <5 — 10 5360

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Other spellings

Lejend · 308 Legynd · 162

Names like Legend

Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.

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Where Legend is most popular

Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.

Recorded as girls 4% · boys 96% across all years