Legend
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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 for boys#193 US
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.
Legend for girls#5833 US
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 for boys 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. For girls, it's much rarer, but not unheard of – given to over 50 baby girls in the last year on record.
Pronounced LEJ-end.
As of October 2026, Legend ranked #193 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #118 in 2021.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #536 | 522 | #3,757 | 41 |
| 2015 | #391 | 814 | #3,195 | 52 |
| 2016 | #311 | 1,147 | #2,550 | 70 |
| 2017 | #255 | 1,461 | #2,393 | 76 |
| 2018 | #216 | 1,733 | #2,288 | 80 |
| 2019 | #150 | 2,578 | #2,523 | 70 |
| 2020 | #127 | 2,847 | #2,567 | 67 |
| 2021 | #118 | 3,182 | #2,944 | 57 |
| 2022 | #132 | 2,899 | #2,565 | 69 |
| 2023 | #145 | 2,500 | #3,403 | 47 |
| 2024 | #157 | 2,275 | #4,326 | 33 |
| 2025 | #193 | 1,862 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Legend for boys
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Famous Legends
- Legend Burkman (b. 2012)Boy
son of mixed martial artist Josh Burkman
- John LegendBoy
American R&B singer
- Legend Glover (b. 2016)Boy
son of Donald Glover
- Legend White (b. 2019)Boy
son of youtuber and singer Queen Naija
Legend in pop culture
- Legend (noun)Boy
a traditional epic popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated
- The Legend of ZeldaBoth
video game series by Nintendo