Legend

What Legend means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Legend yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #391 in 2015, #193 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Legend?

US: Rising: up from #391 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 3,186 boys got the name (#118 that year). First in the US records in 1993.

How common

• About 1 in 917 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 45,323 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (4.75 per 1,000 boys), MS (4.25 per 1,000 boys), HI (4.11 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Legend is #193 in the US and #3256 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.9% of US babies named Legend were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lejend19 US
• Legynd15 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Legend

Boys

• Zayn#251“beauty”^*
• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Koa#269Hawaiian, meaning “warrior, courage; koa tree”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*

For a sister

• Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls
• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Legend’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.