Legend
Top 1000
About Legend
Legend joins cousins Story, Saga and Fable in the baby name pantheon of narrative words. Unlike Story and Fable, however, Legend comes with additional weight, being used for fame ("living legend") and to denote a person who is fantastic "what a legend"). Who can live up to that?
Legend entered the US Top 1000 in 2010 for the first time, perhaps in connection popular singer John Legend, and is now on the brink of breaking into the Top 100.
Pronounced LEJ-end.
As of October 2026, Legend ranked #193 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #118 in 2021.
Editor's take: The name Legend is a boy's name of English origin meaning "hero or fable".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #536 | 522 | 271.8 |
| 2015 | #391 | 814 | 424.7 |
| 2016 | #311 | 1,147 | 604.4 |
| 2017 | #255 | 1,461 | 789.3 |
| 2018 | #216 | 1,733 | 954.2 |
| 2019 | #150 | 2,578 | 1,436.8 |
| 2020 | #127 | 2,847 | 1,649.4 |
| 2021 | #118 | 3,182 | 1,818.8 |
| 2022 | #132 | 2,899 | 1,660.4 |
| 2023 | #145 | 2,500 | 1,461.5 |
| 2024 | #157 | 2,275 | 1,320.5 |
| 2025 | #193 | 1,862 | 1,090.1 |
World rankings
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Legend on lists
Famous Legends
- Legend Burkman (b. 2012)
son of mixed martial artist Josh Burkman
- John Legend
American R&B singer
- Legend Glover (b. 2016)
son of Donald Glover
- Legend White (b. 2019)
son of youtuber and singer Queen Naija
Legend in pop culture
- Legend (noun)
a traditional epic popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated
- The Legend of Zelda
video game series by Nintendo