Legend
Legend stands at #193 nationally in 2025, and it is easing off its peak. Modern by the data's own clock (1993 is its first appearance), at 25,805 bearers so far.
Legend’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Legend, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Legend since 1993
Legend peaked in 2021 at #118; #193 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Legend is most common
Legend is most common in District of Columbia: 0.47% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Mississippi (0.42%) and Hawaii (0.41%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Legend
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Lila
#187 in 2025
Lilah
#179 in 2025
Lennon
#214 in 2025
Lane
#250 in 2025
Lilly
#252 in 2025 · English
Landon
#127 in 2025
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Luka
#85 in 2025 · Latin
Browse: names starting with L · all names
About Legend
Where does Legend rank right now?
Legend stands at #193 nationally in 2025, and it is easing off its peak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1993.
Does Legend have a meaning on record?
No recorded meaning in the references we are allowed to cite, Legend keeps its mystery, and we keep our sourcing rule.
Which names sit near Legend?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Lila sits closest, with Lilah and Lennon just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
Get Legend’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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