Iggy
Boy · IG-ee · Latin
Iggy is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Iggy mean?
Latin: pet form of Ignatius
Pet form of Ignatius, a Roman family name later linked by its spelling to Latin ignis 'fire'.
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- IG-ee
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Is Iggy a girl's or a boy's name?
Iggy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iggy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Iggy, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Iggy of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Iggy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Iggy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Iggy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Iggy, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer boys named Iggy than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Iggy in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iggy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Names like Iggy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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