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Legend

Primarily a boy's name · 96% boys

Legend first appears in the U.S. data in 1993 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2021 with 3,182 babies (rank #118 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,275 boys (rank #157). The name has been rising over the last five years.

24,856

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

3,182

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

More popular boys' names

Names ranked near Legend in 2024

Other boys' names starting with L

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1993	10	#5,621
1994	11	#5,301
1995	29	#2,597
1996	17	#3,944
1997	17	#3,985
1998	21	#3,560
1999	41	#2,252
2000	30	#2,959
2001	40	#2,460
2002	40	#2,494
2003	31	#3,082
2004	45	#2,468
2005	88	#1,579
2006	65	#2,050
2007	94	#1,643
2008	163	#1,124
2009	191	#1,020
2010	214	#942
2011	215	#929
2012	263	#833
2013	326	#719
2014	522	#536
2015	814	#391
2016	1,147	#311
2017	1,461	#255
2018	1,733	#216
2019	2,578	#150
2020	2,847	#127
2021	3,182	#118
2022	2,899	#132
2023	2,500	#145
2024	2,275	#157