Ignatius

#1,663 for boys in 2025, 100 births

Peak · boys
#547
1906 · 18 births
Debut · boys
1885
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,075
since 1885

Ignatius over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ignatius has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #547, 1906boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,663100
2024#1,73595
2023#1,80389
2022#1,86185
2021#1,84184
2020#1,84980
2019#1,88679
2018#1,90178
2017#2,01470
2016#2,18462
2015#2,23460
2014#2,84741
2013#2,52848
2012#3,00238
2011#2,40352
2010#3,18135
2009#3,27434
2008#3,34433
2007#3,68728
2006#4,10523
2005#5,03416
2004#5,24615
2003#5,55813
2002#3,67023
2001#8,3397
2000#8,2097
1999#5,03513
1998#6,3149
1997#5,28811
1996#7,9716
1995#7,7926
1994#5,8689
1993#6,8167
1992#5,6609
1991#4,47612
1990#5,3829
1989#4,01713
1988#7,2705
1987#6,9515
1986#6,7215
1985#4,05210
1984#6,3155
1983#4,4998
1982#6,3855
1981#4,5098
1980—
1979#3,56911
1978#5,0596
1977#4,1648
1976#4,9356
1975#3,9418
1974#3,31810
1973#3,6948
1972#3,6228
1971#2,81312
1970#3,5218
1969#3,5957
1968#2,31113
1967#2,13914
1966#2,46511
1965#1,80619
1964#1,72921
1963#2,20014
1962#2,18614
1961#1,68623
1960#1,91018
1959#1,97417
1958#1,72421
1957#1,79120
1956#1,36232
1955#1,50326
1954#1,76219
1953#2,09914
1952#1,85617
1951#1,77418
1950#1,87916
1949#2,02214
1948#1,55922
1947#1,59922
1946#1,69218
1945#1,69716
1944#1,40023
1943#1,24031
1942#1,00744
1941#1,41123
1940#1,33425
1939#1,53219
1938#1,31026
1937#1,23329
1936#1,32625
1935#1,35425
1934#1,24129
1933#1,10335
1932#1,00443
1931#1,03142
1930#75571
1929#95250
1928#79667
1927#91156
1926#79368
1925#85860
1924#68690
1923#82167
1922#67492
1921#68290
1920#64097
1919#61995
1918#65888
1917#61095
1916#67178
1915#64381
1914#65859
1913#59754
1912#63543
1911#56229
1910#65420
1909#75614
1908#1,0218
1907#86610
1906#54718
1905#74111
1904#76010
1903#7839
1902#8628
1901#8587
1900#78511
1899#8577
1898#57314
1897#8527
1896#67411
1895#7958
1894#7309
1893#7059
1892#7928
1891#9635
1890#6679
1889#6739
1888#8157
1887#9215
1886#8456
1885#9365
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Ignatius! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ignatius
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#1,735 → #1,663)
  • 186 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #1,663)
  • 571 spots since 2015 (#2,234 → #1,663)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1898 (#852 → #573)
  • Biggest drop: 319 spots in 1907 (#547 → #866)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1906 at #547 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1885–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,397
  • Highest: 1 in 7,397 boys born in 1906 were named Ignatius (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,081 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.1% of all boys named Ignatius (737) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s32#673 (1889)#838
1890s87#573 (1898)#761
1900s106#547 (1906)#798
1910s642#562 (1911)#631
1920s737#640 (1920)#781
1930s344#755 (1930)#1,189
1940s238#1,007 (1942)#1,496
1950s200#1,362 (1956)#1,772
1960s154#1,686 (1961)#2,203
1970s85#2,813 (1971)#3,864
1980s64#4,017 (1989)#5,635
1990s91#4,476 (1991)#6,060
2000s199#3,274 (2009)#5,047
2010s563#1,886 (2019)#2,418
2020s533#1,663 (2025)#1,792

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.

Ignatius in 1920

boys
#640
97 births · 1 in 10,973 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #640Ignatius97
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 10,973 of them was named Ignatius, which outranked 87.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ignatius
  1. #635Dana98
  2. #635Julio98
  3. #635Winford98
  4. #640Ignatius97
  5. #640Dee97
  6. #640Ignacio97
  7. #640Sherwood97
  8. #646Carlyle96
  9. #646Fernando96
  10. #646Napoleon96

Tied with 5 names at #640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →