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Legacy

#662 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Something inherited from a predecessor, heritage

Legacy has been given to 8,483 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #662 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 725 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% girls, 32% boys all-time.

Babies named Legacy, 2025

1 in 7,730

Legacy over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Legacy over time

In 2025, Legacy went to 64% girls and 36% boys.

19942025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Legacy: meaning, origin, and history

Something inherited from a predecessor, heritage

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Legacy means

Legacy means “something inherited from a predecessor, heritage”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,774 girls were recorded with the name Legacy between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 725 in 2021; its best national rank was #434 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #500 in 2020 to #662 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,421 in 2015 to #662 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,709 boys were recorded with the name Legacy between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 370 in 2021; its best national rank was #709 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #762 in 2020 to #957 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,266 in 2015 to #957 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Legacy?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 7,730
429 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 3,750
0.03% of girls
Rank, 2025
#662
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,358 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Legacy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 5,358 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Legacy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Legacys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Legacy was born before 2020 — so the typical Legacy is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
60.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,774
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 60.1% of all recorded uses (3,473).

Is Legacy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−52
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−162
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+759
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.63×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
59.2%
Peak was 2021 (725)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#434
2021

Spellings of Legacy

Legacy is not the most common spelling — Lacy is, with 74.7% against Legacy's 21.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Legacy is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Legacy was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 1,220 girls, against 1 in 2,882 across all states with data. It was least common in Iowa (1 in 25,000).

482 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 1,220
  2. 2Georgia1 in 1,235
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 1,515
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 1,639
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 1,724
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 1,724
  7. 7Ohio1 in 1,786
  8. 8District of Columbia1 in 1,852

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Legacy is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 49% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Legacy is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Legacy was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,083 boys, against 1 in 6,748 across all states with data. It was least common in Kentucky (1 in 50,000).

248 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 2,083
  2. 2Georgia1 in 2,778
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 2,857
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 3,448
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 3,448
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 4,167
  7. 7Alabama1 in 4,762
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 5,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Legacy around the world

Where Legacy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2022–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2015–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Legacy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#662
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 162
Best rank ever
#434
2021
Peak year
2021
725 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,774
Count in 2025
429

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#957
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 195
Best rank ever
#709
2021
Peak year
2021
370 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,709
Count in 2025
244

Names similar to Legacy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Legacy

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Legacy, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Legacy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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