Unisex name · since 2014
Legendary
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 129 babies named Legendary, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,760 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,526 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 129
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Legendary currently ranks #4526 among unisex names in America, with 129 babies recorded since 2014.
Legendary has 129 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4526 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #15,760 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,526 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 129 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Legendary ranks #15,760 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,526 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 129 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,760 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,526 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 129
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Legendary's 129 recorded births place it above 65.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Legendary compares
129 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Legendary's all-time total is 65% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Legendary | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 129 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Legendary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Legendary's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Legendary popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Legendary popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 2024 (Legendary as girls' name)
Legendary by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (100 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Legendary's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Legendary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 100 births (78% of all-time use).
Legendary by state
Where Legendary concentrates geographically, total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 129 births nationwide.
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What to do with Legendary's data
- Texas records the most Legendarys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Legendary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
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, 2014–2025 (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 Legendary 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.