NameTides

Legacy

Legacy was the #662 girls' name in the US in 2025 (429 babies).

Legacy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Legacy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Legacy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#662 (429)——
2024#610 (493)—#2,975 (6)
2023#540 (559)#5,688 (3)#2,604 (7)
2022#484 (655)#5,670 (3)#1,550 (14)
2021#434 (725)—#2,893 (6)
2020#500 (612)—#1,295 (18)
2019#615 (491)—#2,188 (9)
2018#786 (347)—#2,151 (9)
2017#942 (280)—#2,179 (9)
2016#1,039 (254)—#2,195 (9)
2015#1,416 (163)—#2,891 (6)
2014#1,892 (106)——
2013#2,305 (80)——
2012#2,401 (77)——
2011#3,051 (55)——

Legacy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Legacy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Legacy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#955 (244)—#2,789 (6)
2024#957 (237)—#3,072 (5)
2023#831 (295)#4,992 (3)#2,921 (5)
2022#731 (355)#4,790 (3)—
2021#709 (370)#4,789 (3)#2,812 (5)
2020#760 (316)——
2019#826 (273)——
2018#1,079 (183)——
2017#1,439 (119)——
2016#1,903 (77)——
2015#2,253 (59)——
2014#3,234 (34)——
2013#3,405 (31)—#2,606 (5)
2012#3,625 (29)——
2011#4,356 (22)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #434.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.
  • In 2025, 64% of US babies named Legacy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Legacy is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Legacy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #457MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #577INOhio: #430OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #442NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #280GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #674TXFlorida: #768FL
Legacy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LegacyCanadaGirls—too few
LegacyCanadaBoys#2,7896
LegacyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LegacyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LegacyUSGirls#662429
LegacyUSBoys#955244