NameTides

Legend

Legend was the #193 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,862 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Legend as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Legend as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Legend as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#193 (1,862)#3,256 (6)#1,311 (18)
2024#157 (2,288)#5,120 (3)#1,205 (19)
2023#145 (2,505)#4,992 (3)#1,079 (21)
2022#132 (2,901)#3,450 (5)#809 (31)
2021#118 (3,186)#2,493 (8)#997 (23)
2020#127 (2,852)#3,334 (5)#822 (29)
2019#150 (2,578)#2,488 (8)#862 (27)
2018#216 (1,734)#3,011 (6)#1,021 (21)
2017#255 (1,461)—#1,158 (18)
2016#310 (1,148)—#1,159 (18)
2015#391 (815)——
2014#533 (523)#4,632 (3)—
2013#717 (327)#4,685 (3)—
2012#830 (263)#3,987 (4)—
2011#928 (215)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #118.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 920 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 920common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Legend is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 940 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Legend by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #186WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #191ILMichigan: #173MINew York: #231NYMassachusetts: #274MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #109NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #197INOhio: #172OHPennsylvania: #178PANew Jersey: #215NJConnecticut: #219CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #330CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #420CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #189MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #154VAMaryland: #189MDDelaware: #114DEArizona: #283AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #159ARTennessee: #171TNNorth Carolina: #118NCSouth Carolina: #85SCDistrict of Columbia: #66DCOklahoma: #169OKLouisiana: #58LAMississippi: #44MSAlabama: #92ALGeorgia: #80GAHawaii: #69HITexas: #216TXFlorida: #153FL
Legend (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Legend (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LegendCanadaBoys#1,31118
LegendEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
LegendUSGirls#5,72221
LegendUSBoys#1931,862