Legend
Boy · LEJ-end · English
Legend is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “legend; celebrated story”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 193rd for boys in the US (1,862 babies).
What does Legend mean?
English: English word, from Latin legenda 'things to be read'
“legend; celebrated story”
A modern word name; legend came into English via Old French from medieval Latin legenda, 'things to be read'.
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Is Legend a girl's or a boy's name?
Legend is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 1,862 boys in the US.
How popular is Legend in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Legend, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Legend in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Legend in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
How popular is Legend in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #193among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,862about 1 in 920 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,862 boys in the US were named Legend, making it the 193rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 127th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 3,186 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993. 21 girls were also named Legend in 2025 (5,721st for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Legend than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Legend in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 28% of the babies named Legend in the US in 1995, and 1% in 2025.
Legend in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,862 | #193 |
| 2024 | 2,288 | #157 |
| 2023 | 2,505 | #145 |
| 2022 | 2,901 | #132 |
| 2021 | 3,186 | #118 |
| 2020 | 2,852 | #127 |
| 2019 | 2,578 | #150 |
| 2018 | 1,734 | #216 |
| 2017 | 1,461 | #255 |
| 2016 | 1,148 | #310 |
| 2015 | 815 | #391 |
| 2014 | 523 | #533 |
| 2013 | 327 | #717 |
| 2012 | 263 | #830 |
| 2011 | 215 | #928 |
| 2010 | 214 | #940 |
| 2009 | 191 | #1,020 |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 94 | #1,638 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 88 | #1,571 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
Names like Legend
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Legend
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