How rare is the name Legend?

8,448 people in the United States have the first name Legend, about 1 in 35,752. It ranks #2,760 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEGEND

#2,760

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,448
About
1 in 35,752
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,448 people named Legend, 53.7% reported their origin as Black, 16.8% as White and 14.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Legend peaked in 2021, when 3,243 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19932025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
3,243
In 2025*
1,883 ▼42%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 26,773 babies have been given the name since 1993. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Legend by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #256. The largest share of babies named Legend, 92.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#7,651217
2000s#3,492934
2010s#6779,734
2020s#25615,888
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–126.7%
2013 and later92.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Legend is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Legend has been most common in Nevada (4.1×), Hawaii (3×), and Delaware (2.6×), and least common in Idaho (0.31×).

25,073 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Legend

#2,758 Robby · 8,454#2,759 Chaz · 8,449#2,761 Nidia · 8,440#2,762 Marin · 8,436

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