How Many People Are Named Legend?
people named Legend are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,854 people in the US has this name
Based on 26,773 babies named Legend in Social Security records from 1993 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,243 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Legend, 3.6% were girls and 96.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Legend fell from 32.7% in the 1990s to 1.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Legend alive today is about 6 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 7 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Legend first appears in the records in 1993 and was given most often in 2021, to 3,243 babies. In 2025, 1,883 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1993 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Legend has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #118, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #193.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #193 |
| Best rank | #118 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #143 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Legend alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Legend were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,478 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Legend was given 4 times as often in Hawaii, 2.6 times in Delaware and 2.5 times in Mississippi.
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