Legacy
- #662 for girls in 2025, 429 births
- #955 for boys in 2025, 244 births
- Given to girls 68.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 725 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,774since 1994
Legacy over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #662 | 429 | #955 | 244 |
| 2024 | #610 | 493 | #957 | 237 |
| 2023 | #540 | 559 | #831 | 295 |
| 2022 | #484 | 655 | #731 | 355 |
| 2021 | #434 | 725 | #709 | 370 |
| 2020 | #500 | 612 | #760 | 316 |
| 2019 | #615 | 491 | #826 | 273 |
| 2018 | #786 | 347 | #1,079 | 183 |
| 2017 | #942 | 280 | #1,439 | 119 |
| 2016 | #1,039 | 254 | #1,903 | 77 |
| 2015 | #1,416 | 163 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 2014 | #1,892 | 106 | #3,234 | 34 |
| 2013 | #2,305 | 80 | #3,405 | 31 |
| 2012 | #2,401 | 77 | #3,625 | 29 |
| 2011 | #3,051 | 55 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #2,589 | 70 | #3,181 | 35 |
| 2009 | #4,107 | 37 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
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First appearance
1994
The first year at least five girls were named Legacy! It came in at #8,122, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
Where Legacy is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Georgia#280 · 1 in 1,256
- Louisiana#369 · 1 in 1,364
- Arkansas#425 · 1 in 1,513
- Ohio#430 · 1 in 1,818
- North Carolina#442 · 1 in 1,859
Best ever in a state: #148 in Hawaii, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #280 | 36 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Louisiana | #369 | 12 | 1 in 1,364 |
| Arkansas | #425 | 7 | 1 in 1,513 |
| Ohio | #430 | 26 | 1 in 1,818 |
| North Carolina | #442 | 25 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Michigan | #457 | 18 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Oklahoma | #483 | 8 | 1 in 1,848 |
| Virginia | #484 | 16 | 1 in 2,109 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Illinois | #515 | 19 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Alabama | #520 | 9 | 1 in 2,035 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Indiana | #577 | 11 | 1 in 2,537 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Tennessee | #645 | 11 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Texas | #674 | 45 | 1 in 3,568 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| New York | #731 | 22 | 1 in 3,560 |
| Florida | #768 | 21 | 1 in 4,132 |
| New Jersey | #774 | 9 | 1 in 3,944 |
| Colorado | #789 | 6 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Missouri | #811 | 6 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Minnesota | #835 | 5 | 1 in 4,296 |
| California | #908 | 31 | 1 in 5,217 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Legacy
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 162 spots since 2020 (#500 → #662)
- 754 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #662)
- Biggest jump: 171 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 70 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2021 at #434 (725 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,263
- Highest: 1 in 2,263 girls born in 2021 were named Legacy (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,747 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 60.1% of all girls named Legacy (3,473) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 101 | #3,639 (1999) | #6,500 |
| 2000s | 277 | #3,631 (2001) | #4,876 |
| 2010s | 1,923 | #615 (2019) | #1,704 |
| 2020s | 3,473 | #434 (2021) | #538 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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