Ignatius
Ignatius is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 95 births. Its best rank was 555th, in 1906.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 950.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 192097 births
- Best rank
- #555in 1906
- Since 1885
- 3,975people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,975 boys have been named Ignatius in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 97 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ignatius | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | |
| 1890s | 87 | |
| 1900s | 106 | |
| 1910s | 642 | |
| 1920s | 737 | |
| 1930s | 344 | |
| 1940s | 238 | |
| 1950s | 200 | |
| 1960s | 154 | |
| 1970s | 85 | |
| 1980s | 64 | |
| 1990s | 91 | |
| 2000s | 199 | |
| 2010s | 563 | |
| 2020s | 433 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Ignatius was the 642nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Ignatius
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Palmerpeak 2023
- Leopoldpeak 2020
- Leopeak 2022
- Sylvanpeak 1918
- Cyrilpeak 1916
- Erwinpeak 1918
- Arleypeak 2012
- Basilpeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.