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Legacy

Legacy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“inheritance; bequest”
Origin
English
Say it
LEG-uh-see · 3 syllables
Used for
Both (68% girls, 32% boys since 1880)

Legacy is a modern word-name taken directly from English. Its use as a given name is contemporary rather than rooted in older naming traditions.

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How popular is Legacy?

2024219 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Legacy in 2024728

2024 rank#610 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18807,803

Legacy is rising: use over the last five years is 9.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Legacy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Legacy questions

What does the name Legacy mean?

Legacy means "inheritance; bequest". It comes from English. Legacy is a modern word-name taken directly from English. Its use as a given name is contemporary rather than rooted in older naming traditions.

Is Legacy a boy or girl name?

Legacy is used for both: about 68% of US babies named Legacy since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Legacy?

728 US babies were named Legacy in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Legacy?

Legacy is usually pronounced LEG-uh-see.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.