Boys' name · since 2003
Legion
Legion has 370 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,466 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,537 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 370
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
370 babies have been named Legion since 2003, making it today's #5537 boys' name.
Legion has 370 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5537 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of boys, 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 2003 to 2025.
- #9,466 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,537 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 370 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Legion ranks #9,466 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,537 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 370 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,466 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,537 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 370
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Legion's 370 recorded births place it above 79.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Legion compares
370 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Legion's all-time total is 0% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Legion | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 370 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Legion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Legion splits its recorded history at 2015: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Legion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Legion by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (211 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Legion's strongest decade.
211 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Legion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
211 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 211 births (57% of all-time use).
Legion by state
Where Legion concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 3.0% |
11 of 370 births nationwide.
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What to do with Legion's data
- Legion's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (211 total births) through the 2020s (119) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Legions (11 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 Legion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Legion 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.