Ignacio
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #829 for boys in 2025, 298 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1930 · 142 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 19,947since 1886
Ignacio over time
Rank among boys' names. Ignacio has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #829 | 298 | |
| 2024 | — | #824 | 303 | |
| 2023 | — | #882 | 264 | |
| 2022 | — | #956 | 237 | |
| 2021 | — | #986 | 223 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,013 | 205 | |
| 2019 | — | #984 | 216 | |
| 2018 | — | #946 | 220 | |
| 2017 | — | #958 | 217 | |
| 2016 | — | #930 | 228 | |
| 2015 | — | #925 | 231 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,093 | 175 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,052 | 182 | |
| 2012 | — | #957 | 211 | |
| 2011 | — | #957 | 207 | |
| 2010 | — | #928 | 217 | |
| 2009 | — | #839 | 257 | |
| 2008 | — | #812 | 270 | |
| 2007 | — | #759 | 289 | |
| 2006 | — | #702 | 313 | |
| 2005 | — | #673 | 312 | |
| 2004 | — | #670 | 304 | |
| 2003 | — | #682 | 284 | |
| 2002 | — | #637 | 305 | |
| 2001 | — | #622 | 305 | |
| 2000 | — | #642 | 283 | |
| 1999 | — | #612 | 297 | |
| 1998 | — | #639 | 277 | |
| 1997 | — | #687 | 234 | |
| 1996 | — | #660 | 252 | |
| 1995 | — | #661 | 250 | |
| 1994 | — | #637 | 265 | |
| 1993 | — | #626 | 269 | |
| 1992 | — | #611 | 283 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #609 | 279 |
| 1990 | — | #597 | 281 | |
| 1989 | — | #605 | 263 | |
| 1988 | — | #640 | 221 | |
| 1987 | — | #635 | 208 | |
| 1986 | — | #577 | 236 | |
| 1985 | — | #624 | 198 | |
| 1984 | — | #634 | 183 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #587 | 209 |
| 1982 | — | #590 | 213 | |
| 1981 | — | #550 | 237 | |
| 1980 | — | #560 | 236 | |
| 1979 | — | #589 | 211 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #585 | 209 |
| 1977 | — | #584 | 207 | |
| 1976 | — | #559 | 208 | |
| 1975 | — | #587 | 189 | |
| 1974 | — | #561 | 205 | |
| 1973 | — | #576 | 189 | |
| 1972 | — | #606 | 171 | |
| 1971 | — | #702 | 139 | |
| 1970 | — | #630 | 165 | |
| 1969 | — | #598 | 172 | |
| 1968 | — | #645 | 138 | |
| 1967 | — | #677 | 121 | |
| 1966 | — | #626 | 140 | |
| 1965 | — | #705 | 111 | |
| 1964 | — | #673 | 131 | |
| 1963 | — | #695 | 124 | |
| 1962 | — | #664 | 137 | |
| 1961 | — | #711 | 116 | |
| 1960 | — | #657 | 141 | |
| 1959 | — | #684 | 124 | |
| 1958 | — | #654 | 138 | |
| 1957 | — | #772 | 95 | |
| 1956 | — | #665 | 131 | |
| 1955 | — | #638 | 136 | |
| 1954 | — | #666 | 117 | |
| 1953 | — | #593 | 147 | |
| 1952 | — | #640 | 120 | |
| 1951 | — | #623 | 128 | |
| 1950 | — | #599 | 130 | |
| 1949 | — | #598 | 130 | |
| 1948 | — | #547 | 149 | |
| 1947 | — | #577 | 137 | |
| 1946 | — | #579 | 123 | |
| 1945 | — | #558 | 115 | |
| 1944 | — | #564 | 117 | |
| 1943 | — | #581 | 119 | |
| 1942 | — | #705 | 82 | |
| 1941 | — | #589 | 101 | |
| 1940 | — | #676 | 80 | |
| 1939 | — | #587 | 96 | |
| 1938 | — | #590 | 99 | |
| 1937 | — | #588 | 96 | |
| 1936 | — | #601 | 93 | |
| 1935 | — | #605 | 92 | |
| 1934 | — | #579 | 104 | |
| 1933 | — | #569 | 102 | |
| 1932 | — | #565 | 109 | |
| 1931 | — | #565 | 108 | |
| 1930 | — | #501 | 142 | |
| 1929 | — | #515 | 130 | |
| 1928 | — | #512 | 140 | |
| 1927 | — | #562 | 120 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #523 | 133 |
| 1925 | — | #554 | 124 | |
| 1924 | — | #560 | 127 | |
| 1923 | — | #550 | 126 | |
| 1922 | — | #588 | 119 | |
| 1921 | — | #715 | 84 | |
| 1920 | — | #640 | 97 | |
| 1919 | — | #738 | 75 | |
| 1918 | — | #692 | 82 | |
| 1917 | — | #761 | 68 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,072 | 36 | |
| 1915 | — | #816 | 56 | |
| 1914 | — | #949 | 34 | |
| 1913 | — | #759 | 38 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,000 | 21 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ignacio! It came in at #758, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ignacio
- 5 spots since 2024 (#824 → #829)
- 184 spots since 2020 (#1,013 → #829)
- 96 spots since 2015 (#925 → #829)
- Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1903 (#1,013 → #696)
- Biggest drop: 256 spots in 1916 (#816 → #1,072)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1930 at #501 (142 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 128 yrs · run 1917–2012
- Highest: 1 in 5,686 boys born in 2024 were named Ignacio (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,732 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #501 in 1930, was only 1 in 7,728 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.6% of all boys named Ignacio (2,922) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #631 (1887) | #788 |
| 1890s | 45 | #722 (1896) | #927 |
| 1900s | 105 | #612 (1904) | #777 |
| 1910s | 445 | #654 (1910) | #830 |
| 1920s | 1,200 | #512 (1928) | #572 |
| 1930s | 1,041 | #501 (1930) | #575 |
| 1940s | 1,153 | #547 (1948) | #597 |
| 1950s | 1,266 | #593 (1953) | #653 |
| 1960s | 1,331 | #598 (1969) | #665 |
| 1970s | 1,893 | #559 (1976) | #598 |
| 1980s | 2,204 | #550 (1981) | #600 |
| 1990s | 2,687 | #597 (1990) | #634 |
| 2000s | 2,922 | #622 (2001) | #704 |
| 2010s | 2,104 | #925 (2015) | #973 |
| 2020s | 1,530 | #824 (2024) | #915 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ignacio in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 306,372 of them was named Ignacio, which outranked 15.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,725 names at #9,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 7,856 of them was named Ignacio, which outranked 91.3% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.