Ignacio
Ignacio was given to 298 boys in 2025, #830 among boys’ names; 19,969 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,400 Americans named Ignacio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 17 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ignacio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ignacio mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Ignacio is “a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Ignatius”
Borrowed from Latin Ignātius.
/iɡˈnaθjo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ignacio?
#830 among boys’ names, 2025
Ignacio rose from #926 in 2015 to #830 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.12 to 0.17 per 1,000.
313 babies in 2006, the peak
Ignacio peaked in 2006, when 313 boys were given it, #704 among boys’ names. The 298 births of 2025 are 95% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | #830 | 0.17 |
| 2024 | 303 | #825 | 0.18 |
| 2023 | 264 | #882 | 0.15 |
| 2022 | 237 | #958 | 0.14 |
| 2021 | 223 | #986 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 205 | #1,015 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 216 | #985 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 220 | #946 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 217 | #958 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 228 | #930 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 231 | #926 | 0.12 |
| 2014 | 175 | #1,094 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 182 | #1,053 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 211 | #958 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 207 | #960 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 217 | #928 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 257 | #839 | 0.13 |
| 2008 | 270 | #812 | 0.13 |
| 2007 | 289 | #762 | 0.14 |
| 2006 | 313 | #704 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 312 | #673 | 0.16 |
| 2004 | 304 | #670 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 284 | #683 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 305 | #638 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 305 | #622 | 0.16 |
| 2000 | 283 | #642 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 297 | #611 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 277 | #639 | 0.14 |
| 1997 | 234 | #688 | 0.12 |
| 1996 | 252 | #659 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 250 | #661 | 0.13 |
| 1994 | 265 | #638 | 0.14 |
| 1993 | 269 | #626 | 0.14 |
| 1992 | 283 | #610 | 0.14 |
| 1991 | 279 | #607 | 0.14 |
| 1990 | 281 | #597 | 0.14 |
| 1989 | 263 | #603 | 0.13 |
| 1988 | 221 | #641 | 0.12 |
| 1987 | 208 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 236 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 198 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1984 | 183 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 209 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 213 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 237 | #552 | 0.13 |
| 1980 | 236 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 211 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 209 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1977 | 207 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 208 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 189 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1974 | 205 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 189 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 171 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 139 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 165 | #632 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 172 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 138 | #646 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 121 | #678 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 140 | #628 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 111 | #705 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 131 | #674 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 124 | #695 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 137 | #664 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 116 | #711 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 141 | #657 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 124 | #684 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 138 | #654 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 95 | #772 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 131 | #665 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 136 | #638 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 117 | #666 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 147 | #594 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 120 | #640 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 128 | #623 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 130 | #599 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 130 | #597 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 149 | #546 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 137 | #580 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 123 | #580 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 115 | #560 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 117 | #567 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 119 | #583 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 82 | #709 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 101 | #592 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 80 | #677 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 96 | #589 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 99 | #596 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 96 | #590 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 93 | #603 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 92 | #609 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 104 | #581 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 102 | #569 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 109 | #567 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 108 | #565 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 142 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 130 | #515 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 140 | #513 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 120 | #563 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 133 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1925 | 124 | #556 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 127 | #560 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 126 | #550 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 119 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 84 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 97 | #641 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 75 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 82 | #696 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 68 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 56 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 34 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 38 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 15 | #876 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 20 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 18 | #644 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 18 | #621 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 15 | #683 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 9 | #884 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 14 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 11 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,074 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 7 | #896 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,104 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 6 | #987 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,063 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 10 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,038 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 9 | #656 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 7 | #805 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ignacio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ignacio has been given almost only to boys: 22 girls in 135 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ignacio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ignacio, and how old are they?
15,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 19,969 Americans ever recorded as Ignacio. The median Ignacio alive today is 31 years old; half are between 17 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 35,092 people named Ignacio (89 women and girls, 35,003 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,651 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.4 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 357 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,620 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,670 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,290 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,980 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ignacio born?
The states with the most babies named Ignacio are Texas, California and Florida, with 64% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 70 | #480 | 3.5× |
| California | 62 | #500 | 3.2× |
| Florida | 24 | #672 | 1.1× |
| Washington | 11 | #615 | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 10 | #651 | 3.3× |
| Oregon | 10 | #383 | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 9 | #794 | 0.1× |
| New Mexico | 7 | #282 | 4.6× |
| Nevada | 7 | #409 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,189 | 0.8× |
Where Ignacio is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ignacio is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 4.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ignacio with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 20,065 babies since 1880, Ignacio is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 298 of their 298 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ignacio
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ignacio and names like it
- Compare Ignacio and IgnaceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sIgnacio peaked in 2006.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ignacio since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Ignacio: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Ignacio.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Ignacio alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with IMost given first.