Meaning not yet researched.
Ignacio: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 298 in 2025. Its best rank was #502 in 1930.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #502 in 1930; #830 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ignacio in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#830 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1930, at #502.
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Ignacio: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 298 boys in 2025. Peak: #502 in 1930 · most boys in one year: 313 (2006).
In 2025, 298 US boys were named Ignacio, making it the 830th most common boys’ name of the year, down 5 places from #825 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 303 boys named Ignacio in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #502, reached in 1930. The most boys given the name in a single year was 313, in 2006. For comparison, it was #926 in 2015 and #600 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ignacio in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1886 with 7 babies. In all, 19,969 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 2,922 babies named Ignacio.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,411 US boys were named Ignacio; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 303. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,732 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ignacio ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #282 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ignatius (4,075 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ignacia, Ygnacio and Ignazio are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ignacia (1,067), Ygnacio (650), Ignazio (600), Ignace (96), Nacho (56), Ignasio (43), Ignac (22), Inacio (22), Ignacy (14), Ygnacia (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ignacio in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 7 | #282 | #372 |
| Oregon | 10 | #384 | — |
| Nevada | 7 | #409 | — |
| Idaho | 5 | #455 | — |
| Texas | 70 | #480 | #673 |
| California | 62 | #500 | #537 |
| Washington | 11 | #615 | #1,011 |
| Kansas | 5 | #630 | — |
| Arizona | 10 | #651 | #827 |
| Florida | 24 | #672 | #542 |
| Michigan | 9 | #794 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,005 | — |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,090 | #903 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,189 | #718 |
| New York | 6 | #1,641 | #1,286 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 298 | #830 |
| 2024 | — | — | 303 | #825 |
| 2023 | — | — | 264 | #882 |
| 2022 | — | — | 237 | #958 |
| 2021 | — | — | 223 | #986 |
| 2020 | — | — | 205 | #1,015 |
| 2019 | — | — | 216 | #985 |
| 2018 | — | — | 220 | #946 |
| 2017 | — | — | 217 | #958 |
| 2016 | — | — | 228 | #930 |
| 2015 | — | — | 231 | #926 |
| 2014 | — | — | 175 | #1,094 |
| 2013 | — | — | 182 | #1,053 |
| 2012 | — | — | 211 | #958 |
| 2011 | — | — | 207 | #960 |
| 2010 | — | — | 217 | #928 |
| 2009 | — | — | 257 | #839 |
| 2008 | — | — | 270 | #812 |
| 2007 | — | — | 289 | #762 |
| 2006 | — | — | 313 | #704 |
| 2005 | — | — | 312 | #673 |
| 2004 | — | — | 304 | #670 |
| 2003 | — | — | 284 | #683 |
| 2002 | — | — | 305 | #638 |
| 2001 | — | — | 305 | #622 |
| 2000 | — | — | 283 | #642 |
| 1999 | — | — | 297 | #612 |
| 1998 | — | — | 277 | #639 |
| 1997 | — | — | 234 | #689 |
| 1996 | — | — | 252 | #660 |
| 1995 | — | — | 250 | #662 |
| 1994 | — | — | 265 | #639 |
| 1993 | — | — | 269 | #627 |
| 1992 | — | — | 283 | #612 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,966 | 279 | #609 |
| 1990 | — | — | 281 | #598 |
| 1989 | — | — | 263 | #605 |
| 1988 | — | — | 221 | #641 |
| 1987 | — | — | 208 | #635 |
| 1986 | — | — | 236 | #578 |
| 1985 | — | — | 198 | #624 |
| 1984 | — | — | 183 | #634 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,860 | 209 | #587 |
| 1982 | — | — | 213 | #590 |
| 1981 | — | — | 237 | #552 |
| 1980 | — | — | 236 | #560 |
| 1979 | — | — | 211 | #589 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,317 | 209 | #585 |
| 1977 | — | — | 207 | #585 |
| 1976 | — | — | 208 | #559 |
| 1975 | — | — | 189 | #587 |
| 1974 | — | — | 205 | #561 |
| 1973 | — | — | 189 | #576 |
| 1972 | — | — | 171 | #606 |
| 1971 | — | — | 139 | #702 |
| 1970 | — | — | 165 | #632 |
| 1969 | — | — | 172 | #598 |
| 1968 | — | — | 138 | #646 |
| 1967 | — | — | 121 | #678 |
| 1966 | — | — | 140 | #628 |
| 1965 | — | — | 111 | #705 |
| 1964 | — | — | 131 | #674 |
| 1963 | — | — | 124 | #695 |
| 1962 | — | — | 137 | #664 |
| 1961 | — | — | 116 | #712 |
| 1960 | — | — | 141 | #658 |
| 1959 | — | — | 124 | #685 |
| 1958 | — | — | 138 | #655 |
| 1957 | — | — | 95 | #773 |
| 1956 | — | — | 131 | #666 |
| 1955 | — | — | 136 | #639 |
| 1954 | — | — | 117 | #667 |
| 1953 | — | — | 147 | #595 |
| 1952 | — | — | 120 | #641 |
| 1951 | — | — | 128 | #624 |
| 1950 | — | — | 130 | #600 |
| 1949 | — | — | 130 | #598 |
| 1948 | — | — | 149 | #547 |
| 1947 | — | — | 137 | #580 |
| 1946 | — | — | 123 | #580 |
| 1945 | — | — | 115 | #560 |
| 1944 | — | — | 117 | #567 |
| 1943 | — | — | 119 | #583 |
| 1942 | — | — | 82 | #709 |
| 1941 | — | — | 101 | #592 |
| 1940 | — | — | 80 | #677 |
| 1939 | — | — | 96 | #589 |
| 1938 | — | — | 99 | #596 |
| 1937 | — | — | 96 | #590 |
| 1936 | — | — | 93 | #603 |
| 1935 | — | — | 92 | #609 |
| 1934 | — | — | 104 | #581 |
| 1933 | — | — | 102 | #569 |
| 1932 | — | — | 109 | #567 |
| 1931 | — | — | 108 | #565 |
| 1930 | — | — | 142 | #502 |
| 1929 | — | — | 130 | #515 |
| 1928 | — | — | 140 | #513 |
| 1927 | — | — | 120 | #563 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,054 | 133 | #523 |
| 1925 | — | — | 124 | #556 |
| 1924 | — | — | 127 | #560 |
| 1923 | — | — | 126 | #550 |
| 1922 | — | — | 119 | #592 |
| 1921 | — | — | 84 | #719 |
| 1920 | — | — | 97 | #641 |
| 1919 | — | — | 75 | #742 |
| 1918 | — | — | 82 | #696 |
| 1917 | — | — | 68 | #763 |
| 1916 | — | — | 36 | #1,083 |
| 1915 | — | — | 56 | #820 |
| 1914 | — | — | 34 | #956 |
| 1913 | — | — | 38 | #768 |
| 1912 | — | — | 21 | #1,011 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #877 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #665 |
| 1909 | — | — | 18 | #644 |
| 1908 | — | — | 18 | #621 |
| 1907 | — | — | 15 | #683 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #884 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #630 |
| 1903 | — | — | 11 | #716 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #897 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,105 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #988 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,064 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,007 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #750 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,027 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,015 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,036 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,039 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #656 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #805 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).