Legendary
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEJ-en-dair-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Legendary is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “famous, of legend”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Legendary mean?
English: English word
“famous, of legend”
From the English word, which goes back to Latin legenda, 'things to be read'.
Is Legendary a girl's or a boy's name?
Legendary is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 23 boys in the US.
How popular is Legendary in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Legendary, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 2014. 6 girls were also named Legendary in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Legendary of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Legendary in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Legendary in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
Names like Legendary
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Legacy Bellamy Legend Ledger Caspian Cassian Sevyn Rhodes Saint Briggs Baker Banks
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Legendary: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/legendary, updated 20 October 2026.