Ignatius — #1728 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ignatius

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,975 babies named Ignatius between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ignatius currently holds the #1728 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 97 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ignatius performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 737 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ignatius shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 580 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ignatius in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ignatius in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,975 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.