How Many People Are Named Legacy?
people named Legacy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 40,534 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,483 babies named Legacy in Social Security records from 1994 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,095 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Legacy, 68.1% were girls and 31.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Legacy fell from 100% in the 1990s to 65.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Legacy alive today is about 6 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 7 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Legacy first appears in the records in 1994 and was given most often in 2021, to 1,095 babies. In 2025, 673 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1994 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Legacy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #434, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #662. Among boys, its best rank was #709, in 2021.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #662 | #957 |
| Best rank | #434 (2021) | #709 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #534 in the 2020s | #814 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Legacy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Legacy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 703 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Legacy was given 2.5 times as often in Georgia, 2.4 times in Mississippi and 1.9 times in North Carolina.
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