Ignatz — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ignatz

The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Ignatz between 1884 and 1928, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ignatz currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ignatz performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ignatz shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ignatz in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ignatz 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 158 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.