Legacy Boy & girl
How popular is Legacy?
#662 girl name in 2025
429 baby girls were named Legacy in the US in 2025, making it the 662nd most popular girl name. Another 244 boys got the name (#955 for boys).
Legacy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #662 for girls (▼ 52 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 429 girls, 244 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+163% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,416 in 2015, #500 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (725 girls) |
| Highest rank | #434 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 34% boys, 66% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Legacy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Legacy family of names ranked #514 for girls in 2025 (#463 the year before), with 567 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Legacy is most popular
Babies named Legacy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Georgia: 1.1 per 1,000 (248 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.8 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.7 per 1,000 (39 girls)
Legacy by decade
Girl names about as popular as Legacy
Questions
- Is Legacy a boy or girl name?
- Legacy is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 34% of babies named Legacy were boys and 66% were girls.
- How popular is the name Legacy?
- 429 baby girls were named Legacy in the US in 2025, making it the 662nd most popular girl name. Another 244 boys got the name (#955 for boys).
- When was Legacy most popular?
- Legacy peaked in 2021, when 725 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #434 in 2021.
- How many people are named Legacy?
- 8,483 babies have been named Legacy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,450 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Legacy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Legacy was most common in Mississippi, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.