Boys' name · since 2014

Legen

48 babies named Legen in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#22,476 of 45,481
all-time among boys
48
born since 2014
2010s
peak decade

48 boys have been named Legen since 2014, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Legen has 48 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2022.

  • #22,476 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 48 born since 2014
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Legen ranks #22,476 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.

#22,476 of 45,481
all-time among boys
48
born since 2014
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Legen's 48 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Legen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Legen's full recorded timeline at 2018, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Legen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2022

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2021)
11
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4681012 2014201520172018201920212022 6

Legen by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 65% of the file).

2010s was Legen's strongest decade.

31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.

Legen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (65% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Legen? ▼
Legen has been given to 48 babies in the U.S. since 2014, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #22,476 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 11 babies were born in 2021, its single highest year.
Where does Legen sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Legen ranks #22,476 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Legen most popular? ▼
Legen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Legen been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Legen since 2014 -- 9 years through the most recent 2022 data.
What names are similar to Legen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Legend, Legacy, Legrand, Legion, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Legen's data

  • Legen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Legen

Nearby Names Like Legen

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Legen

Legend Boy
#194 25,805 births
Legacy Boy
#957 2,709 births
Legrand Boy
512 births
Legion Boy
#5537 370 births
Legynd Boy
#6110 162 births

Compare Legen side by side: Legen vs Legend Legen vs Legacy Legen vs Legrand

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Related Names

Names with a similar number of total births

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Florindo
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Melchior
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Ermil
48 births · Peak 1915
Berne
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Minus
48 births · Peak 1947
Hulett
48 births · Peak 1921

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Legen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2014–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Legen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.