Legion — #7524 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Legion

The Social Security Administration has registered 353 babies named Legion between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Legion currently holds the #7524 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Legion performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 211 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Legion shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Legion in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Legion in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 353 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.