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Legacy

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,416 in 2015, #662 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,416, 2016: #1,039, 2017: #942, 2018: #786, 2019: #615, 2020: #500, 2021: #434, 2022: #484, 2023: #540, 2024: #610, 2025: #6621 in 3,747 girls in the US, 2025#662 · rising · was #1,416 in 2015
CommonRare
–Not in the E&W list, 2025Fewer than 3 babies · #662 in the US

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What Legacy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Legacy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,416 in 2015, #662 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Legacy?

US 2025
#662
429 babies
▼ 52 vs 2024
England & Wales
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Not listed
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1416 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2021)

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 725 girls got the name (#434 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

  • About 1 in 3,747 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in GA (0.8 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.73 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.66 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Legacy is #662 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#6624291 in 3,747#1416
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Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 63.7% of US babies named Legacy were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 2025429244
England & Wales 202500
US all years since 18805,7742,709
England & Wales since 199669

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Legaci86 US
  • Legacii24 US
  • Legacee13 US
  • Legacey6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Legacy

Girls

  • Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls
  • Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
  • Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
  • Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
  • Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”
  • Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales

For a brother

  • River#111From the word “river”
  • Zayn#251“beauty”
  • Legend#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #391 in 2015, #193 in 2025
  • Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”
  • Kairo#226Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies
  • Lane#250Editor’s note Up from #297 in 2015 to #250 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Legacy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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