Sigmund
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 83 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,855since 1886
Sigmund over time
Rank among boys' names. Sigmund has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #1,745 | 26 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #1,583 | 22 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,428 | 26 |
| 1929 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,111 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #963 | 50 |
| 1925 | #1,091 | 41 |
| 1924 | #793 | 72 |
| 1923 | #882 | 59 |
| 1922 | #737 | 80 |
| 1921 | #658 | 96 |
| 1920 | #566 | 121 |
| 1919 | #551 | 118 |
| 1918 | #485 | 151 |
| 1917 | #466 | 149 |
| 1916 | #464 | 150 |
| 1915 | #466 | 139 |
| 1914 | #444 | 118 |
| 1913 | #492 | 78 |
| 1912 | #428 | 83 |
| 1911 | #506 | 34 |
| 1910 | #582 | 24 |
| 1909 | #615 | 19 |
| 1908 | #613 | 18 |
| 1907 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #549 | 18 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Sigmund! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sigmund is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#146 · 1 in 1,630
- Maryland#148 · 1 in 1,178
- Connecticut#169 · 1 in 1,807
- Massachusetts#208 · 1 in 2,532
- New York#216 · 1 in 2,501
Best ever in a state: #108 in New Jersey, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #146 | 16 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Maryland | #148 | 9 | 1 in 1,178 |
| Connecticut | #169 | 7 | 1 in 1,807 |
| Massachusetts | #208 | 12 | 1 in 2,532 |
| New York | #216 | 34 | 1 in 2,501 |
| Illinois | #253 | 18 | 1 in 2,780 |
| Pennsylvania | #288 | 17 | 1 in 4,565 |
| Wisconsin | #298 | 6 | 1 in 3,469 |
| Ohio | #327 | 9 | 1 in 4,846 |
| Michigan | #365 | 6 | 1 in 4,891 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sigmund
- 2,457 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #9,714)
- 891 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #9,714)
- 970 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 405 spots in 1896 (#1,079 → #674)
- Biggest drop: 383 spots in 1897 (#674 → #1,057)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1912 at #428 (83 births)
- Births halved by 1925, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1904–1924
- Highest: 1 in 5,180 boys born in 1912 were named Sigmund (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 36.6% of all boys named Sigmund (1,044) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 32 | #674 (1896) | #955 |
| 1900s | 99 | #549 (1905) | #799 |
| 1910s | 1,044 | #428 (1912) | #488 |
| 1920s | 623 | #566 (1920) | #936 |
| 1930s | 230 | #1,273 (1935) | #1,447 |
| 1940s | 207 | #1,254 (1941) | #1,595 |
| 1950s | 161 | #1,615 (1950) | #2,045 |
| 1960s | 105 | #2,200 (1963) | #2,700 |
| 1970s | 135 | #1,745 (1971) | #3,080 |
| 1980s | 29 | #3,256 (1980) | #5,421 |
| 1990s | 37 | #5,382 (1990) | #8,087 |
| 2000s | 28 | #8,927 (2004) | #10,703 |
| 2010s | 66 | #7,546 (2017) | #8,806 |
| 2020s | 54 | #6,335 (2021) | #8,574 |
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.
Sigmund in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
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925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 6,211 of them was named Sigmund, which outranked 89.9% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).