Legacy**
#1,811 most common girls' name of all time · #3,104 across all names · 32% male / 68% female · used 1994–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,811
Rank overall
#3,104 of 105,966
First appeared
1994
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
8,483
Since 2016
7,314
Peak year
2021 #434
Best rank
#434 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 1,095/yr
Legacy first appears in 1994. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 429 | 244 | 673 | #663 |
| 2024 | 493 | 237 | 730 | #610 |
| 2023 | 559 | 295 | 854 | #541 |
| 2022 | 655 | 355 | 1,010 | #484 |
| 2021 | 725 | 370 | 1,095 | #434 |
| 2020 | 612 | 316 | 928 | #500 |
| 2019 | 491 | 273 | 764 | #616 |
| 2018 | 347 | 183 | 530 | #790 |
| 2017 | 280 | 119 | 399 | #946 |
| 2016 | 254 | 77 | 331 | #1,044 |
| 2015 | 163 | 59 | 222 | #1,424 |
| 2014 | 106 | 34 | 140 | #1,902 |
| 2013 | 80 | 31 | 111 | #2,321 |
| 2012 | 77 | 29 | 106 | #2,422 |
| 2011 | 55 | 22 | 77 | #3,079 |
| 2010 | 70 | 35 | 105 | #2,610 |
| 2009 | 37 | 17 | 54 | #4,182 |
| 2008 | 35 | 8 | 43 | #4,428 |
| 2007 | 29 | — | 29 | #5,069 |
| 2006 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,864 |
| 2005 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,957 |
| 2004 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,715 |
| 2003 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,780 |
| 2002 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #4,599 |
| 2001 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,698 |
| 2000 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,688 |
| 1999 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,715 |
| 1998 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,353 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,707 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,521 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,430 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,796 |