var chart = c3.generate({ data: { columns: [ ['data1', 30, 200, 100, 400, 150, 250], ['data2', 50, 20, 10, 40, 15, 25] ], names: { data1: 'Name 1', data2: 'Name 2' } } }); setTimeout(function () { chart.data.names({data1: 'New name for data1', data2: 'New name for data2'}); }, 1000); setTimeout(function () { chart.data.names({data1: 'New name for data1 again'}); }, 2000);