Boys' name · since 2012
Iggy
78 babies named Iggy in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,077 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,762 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Iggy is the #8762 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 78 recorded since 2012.
Iggy has 78 recorded births among boys since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8762 as of the latest data, more common than 37% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #19,077 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,762 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 78 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iggy ranks #19,077 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,762 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 78 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,077 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,762 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iggy's 78 recorded births place it above 57.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Iggy compares
78 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Iggy's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iggy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 78 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Iggy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Iggy's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Iggy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Iggy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (60 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Iggy's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Iggy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 60 births (77% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Iggy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iggy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.