Ignatius
#1,663 for boys in 2025, 100 births
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,075since 1885
Ignatius over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ignatius has never cracked the top 500 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,663 | 100 |
| 2024 | #1,735 | 95 |
| 2023 | #1,803 | 89 |
| 2022 | #1,861 | 85 |
| 2021 | #1,841 | 84 |
| 2020 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #1,886 | 79 |
| 2018 | #1,901 | 78 |
| 2017 | #2,014 | 70 |
| 2016 | #2,184 | 62 |
| 2015 | #2,234 | 60 |
| 2014 | #2,847 | 41 |
| 2013 | #2,528 | 48 |
| 2012 | #3,002 | 38 |
| 2011 | #2,403 | 52 |
| 2010 | #3,181 | 35 |
| 2009 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #1,362 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,240 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,007 | 44 |
| 1941 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1937 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #1,326 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,354 | 25 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #1,031 | 42 |
| 1930 | #755 | 71 |
| 1929 | #952 | 50 |
| 1928 | #796 | 67 |
| 1927 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | #793 | 68 |
| 1925 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #686 | 90 |
| 1923 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | #674 | 92 |
| 1921 | #682 | 90 |
| 1920 | #640 | 97 |
| 1919 | #619 | 95 |
| 1918 | #658 | 88 |
| 1917 | #610 | 95 |
| 1916 | #671 | 78 |
| 1915 | #643 | 81 |
| 1914 | #658 | 59 |
| 1913 | #597 | 54 |
| 1912 | #635 | 43 |
| 1911 | #562 | 29 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #547 | 18 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 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.
Where Ignatius is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New York#280 · 1 in 3,917
- Pennsylvania#316 · 1 in 5,165
- Massachusetts#343 · 1 in 5,543
- Illinois#377 · 1 in 5,943
Best ever in a state: #173 in New York, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #280 | 20 | 1 in 3,917 |
| Pennsylvania | #316 | 14 | 1 in 5,165 |
| Massachusetts | #343 | 5 | 1 in 5,543 |
| Illinois | #377 | 8 | 1 in 5,943 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #673 (1889) | #838 |
| 1890s | 87 | #573 (1898) | #761 |
| 1900s | 106 | #547 (1906) | #798 |
| 1910s | 642 | #562 (1911) | #631 |
| 1920s | 737 | #640 (1920) | #781 |
| 1930s | 344 | #755 (1930) | #1,189 |
| 1940s | 238 | #1,007 (1942) | #1,496 |
| 1950s | 200 | #1,362 (1956) | #1,772 |
| 1960s | 154 | #1,686 (1961) | #2,203 |
| 1970s | 85 | #2,813 (1971) | #3,864 |
| 1980s | 64 | #4,017 (1989) | #5,635 |
| 1990s | 91 | #4,476 (1991) | #6,060 |
| 2000s | 199 | #3,274 (2009) | #5,047 |
| 2010s | 563 | #1,886 (2019) | #2,418 |
| 2020s | 533 | #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 1915
boys
#643
81 births · 1 in 10,476 boys
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 10,476 of them was named Ignatius, which outranked 85.4% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).