Legacy

Girl · recorded 1994–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.8 to 1)

  • #662in 2025
  • 1 in 3,746girls in 2025
  • +192%last ten years
  • 3.1×in Mississippi

Most popular in 2021, and up 192% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1994

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Legacy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19946
19955
199610
19977
199811
199919
200011
200120
200215
200315
200412
200511
200612
200715
200819
200920
201039
201131
201244
201346
201459
201591
2016143
2017162
2018204
2019293
2020379
2021442
2022399
2023348
2024304
2025267

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 3.1×
  2. Georgia 3.1×
  3. Louisiana 2.8×
  4. Alabama 2.5×
  5. North Carolina 2.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
429
Rank in 2025
#662
How rare
1 in 3,746 girls
Since 1994
5,774

Most popular in 2021, at 442 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 192% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi3.1×26
Georgia3.1×129
Louisiana2.8×44
Alabama2.5×42
North Carolina2.1×88

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.