Unisex name · since 1998
Legaci
1,071 babies named Legaci in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,156 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,170 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,071
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Legaci currently ranks #2170 among unisex names in America, with 1,071 babies recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Legaci has been recorded 1,071 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #2170 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #7,156 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,170 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,071 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Legaci ranks #7,156 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,170 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,071 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,156 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,170 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,071
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Legaci's 1,071 recorded births place it above 90.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Legaci compares
1,071 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Legaci's all-time total is 185% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Legaci | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,071 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 157 | 21 | 19,840 |
Legaci's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Legaci's full recorded timeline at 2017, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 157 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Legaci popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 157
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Legaci popularity over time - boys
142 total births recorded since 2017 (Legaci as boys' name)
Legaci by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (696 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Legaci's strongest decade.
696 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Legaci births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
357 births
- 2020s
2020s
696 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 696 births (65% of all-time use).
How Legaci compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Legaci's total volume
Legaci by state
Where Legaci concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 131 | 12.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 63 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 53 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 48 | 4.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 38 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 35 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 29 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 26 | 2.4% |
131 of 1,071 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Legaci appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Legacis (131 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Legaci: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Legaci draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.