Meaning not yet researched.
Ignatius: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 100 in 2025. Its best rank was #555 in 1906.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #555 in 1906; #1,664 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ignatius in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,664 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1906, at #555.
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Ignatius: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 100 boys in 2025. Peak: #555 in 1906 · most boys in one year: 100 (2025).
In 2025, 100 US boys were named Ignatius, making it the 1,664th most common boys’ name of the year, up 78 places from #1,742 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 95 boys named Ignatius in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #555, reached in 1906. The most boys given the name in a single year was 100, in 2025. For comparison, it was #2,242 in 2015 and #1,913 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ignatius in 140 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 4,075 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 737 babies named Ignatius.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 822 US boys were named Ignatius; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 100. In 2025 that was about 1 in 17,081 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ignatius ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #367 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ignacio (19,969 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ignatuis are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Iggy, Nace, Nate and Natius.
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: Ignatuis (22).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 10 | #367 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #943 | — |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,035 | #1,144 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,315 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,356 | — |
| Texas | 10 | #1,692 | #2,223 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 100 | #1,664 |
| 2024 | — | — | 95 | #1,742 |
| 2023 | — | — | 89 | #1,807 |
| 2022 | — | — | 85 | #1,864 |
| 2021 | — | — | 84 | #1,844 |
| 2020 | — | — | 80 | #1,855 |
| 2019 | — | — | 79 | #1,892 |
| 2018 | — | — | 78 | #1,905 |
| 2017 | — | — | 70 | #2,025 |
| 2016 | — | — | 62 | #2,190 |
| 2015 | — | — | 60 | #2,242 |
| 2014 | — | — | 41 | #2,862 |
| 2013 | — | — | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2012 | — | — | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2011 | — | — | 52 | #2,416 |
| 2010 | — | — | 35 | #3,198 |
| 2009 | — | — | 34 | #3,291 |
| 2008 | — | — | 33 | #3,374 |
| 2007 | — | — | 28 | #3,730 |
| 2006 | — | — | 23 | #4,143 |
| 2005 | — | — | 16 | #5,123 |
| 2004 | — | — | 15 | #5,349 |
| 2003 | — | — | 13 | #5,668 |
| 2002 | — | — | 23 | #3,715 |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #8,643 |
| 2000 | — | — | 7 | #8,538 |
| 1999 | — | — | 13 | #5,140 |
| 1998 | — | — | 9 | #6,506 |
| 1997 | — | — | 11 | #5,418 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,323 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,193 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,039 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,109 |
| 1992 | — | — | 9 | #5,830 |
| 1991 | — | — | 12 | #4,592 |
| 1990 | — | — | 9 | #5,545 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,131 |
| 1988 | — | — | 5 | #7,736 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #7,410 |
| 1986 | — | — | 5 | #7,141 |
| 1985 | — | — | 10 | #4,170 |
| 1984 | — | — | 5 | #6,723 |
| 1983 | — | — | 8 | #4,662 |
| 1982 | — | — | 5 | #6,747 |
| 1981 | — | — | 8 | #4,697 |
| 1979 | — | — | 11 | #3,663 |
| 1978 | — | — | 6 | #5,343 |
| 1977 | — | — | 8 | #4,344 |
| 1976 | — | — | 6 | #5,202 |
| 1975 | — | — | 8 | #4,093 |
| 1974 | — | — | 10 | #3,419 |
| 1973 | — | — | 8 | #3,845 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,771 |
| 1971 | — | — | 12 | #2,882 |
| 1970 | — | — | 8 | #3,645 |
| 1969 | — | — | 7 | #3,740 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,382 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,535 |
| 1965 | — | — | 19 | #1,830 |
| 1964 | — | — | 21 | #1,763 |
| 1963 | — | — | 14 | #2,250 |
| 1962 | — | — | 14 | #2,227 |
| 1961 | — | — | 23 | #1,712 |
| 1960 | — | — | 18 | #1,940 |
| 1959 | — | — | 17 | #2,005 |
| 1958 | — | — | 21 | #1,749 |
| 1957 | — | — | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1956 | — | — | 32 | #1,368 |
| 1955 | — | — | 26 | #1,517 |
| 1954 | — | — | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1953 | — | — | 14 | #2,144 |
| 1952 | — | — | 17 | #1,896 |
| 1951 | — | — | 18 | #1,802 |
| 1950 | — | — | 16 | #1,913 |
| 1949 | — | — | 14 | #2,065 |
| 1948 | — | — | 22 | #1,583 |
| 1947 | — | — | 22 | #1,624 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1945 | — | — | 16 | #1,729 |
| 1944 | — | — | 23 | #1,417 |
| 1943 | — | — | 31 | #1,247 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,014 |
| 1941 | — | — | 23 | #1,429 |
| 1940 | — | — | 25 | #1,348 |
| 1939 | — | — | 19 | #1,554 |
| 1938 | — | — | 26 | #1,322 |
| 1937 | — | — | 29 | #1,248 |
| 1936 | — | — | 25 | #1,343 |
| 1935 | — | — | 25 | #1,377 |
| 1934 | — | — | 29 | #1,255 |
| 1933 | — | — | 35 | #1,112 |
| 1932 | — | — | 43 | #1,015 |
| 1931 | — | — | 42 | #1,044 |
| 1930 | — | — | 71 | #760 |
| 1929 | — | — | 50 | #957 |
| 1928 | — | — | 67 | #800 |
| 1927 | — | — | 56 | #918 |
| 1926 | — | — | 68 | #797 |
| 1925 | — | — | 60 | #862 |
| 1924 | — | — | 90 | #689 |
| 1923 | — | — | 67 | #824 |
| 1922 | — | — | 92 | #676 |
| 1921 | — | — | 90 | #685 |
| 1920 | — | — | 97 | #642 |
| 1919 | — | — | 95 | #621 |
| 1918 | — | — | 88 | #660 |
| 1917 | — | — | 95 | #611 |
| 1916 | — | — | 78 | #675 |
| 1915 | — | — | 81 | #645 |
| 1914 | — | — | 59 | #661 |
| 1913 | — | — | 54 | #602 |
| 1912 | — | — | 43 | #644 |
| 1911 | — | — | 29 | #566 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #666 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #784 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,064 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #901 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #555 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #768 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #782 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #817 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #891 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #898 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #813 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #900 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #590 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #889 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #700 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #832 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #763 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #732 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #829 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,037 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #701 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #697 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #866 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #995 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #901 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,015 |
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).