Legrand — boys' name

What the Data Says About Legrand

The Social Security Administration has registered 512 babies named Legrand between 1897 and 2002, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Legrand currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Legrand performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Legrand shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Legrand in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Legrand 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 512 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.