Ignacio
Boy · eeg-NAH-see-oh · Latin
Ignacio is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 829th for boys in the US (298 babies).
What does Ignacio mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Ignatius, from the Roman family name Egnatius
The spelling was later linked to Latin ignis, 'fire'; Saint Ignatius of Loyola founded the Jesuits.
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- eeg-NAH-see-oh
Is Ignacio a girl's or a boy's name?
Ignacio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 298 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ignacio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Ignacio, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ignacio in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Ignacio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Ignacio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #829among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 298about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 298 boys in the US were named Ignacio, making it the 829th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,013th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 313 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Ignacio in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ignacio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | #829 |
| 2024 | 303 | #824 |
| 2023 | 264 | #882 |
| 2022 | 237 | #956 |
| 2021 | 223 | #986 |
| 2020 | 205 | #1,013 |
| 2019 | 216 | #984 |
| 2018 | 220 | #946 |
| 2017 | 217 | #958 |
| 2016 | 228 | #930 |
| 2015 | 231 | #925 |
| 2014 | 175 | #1,093 |
| 2013 | 182 | #1,052 |
| 2012 | 211 | #957 |
| 2011 | 207 | #957 |
| 2010 | 217 | #928 |
| 2009 | 257 | #839 |
| 2008 | 270 | #812 |
| 2007 | 289 | #759 |
| 2006 | 313 | #702 |
| 2005 | 312 | #673 |
| 2004 | 304 | #670 |
| 2003 | 284 | #682 |
| 2002 | 305 | #637 |
| 2001 | 305 | #622 |
| 2000 | 283 | #642 |
| 1999 | 297 | #611 |
| 1998 | 277 | #639 |
| 1997 | 234 | #686 |
| 1996 | 252 | #659 |
| 1995 | 250 | #660 |
| 1994 | 265 | #636 |
| 1993 | 269 | #625 |
| 1992 | 283 | #609 |
| 1991 | 279 | #607 |
| 1990 | 281 | #596 |
| 1989 | 263 | #603 |
| 1988 | 221 | #640 |
| 1987 | 208 | #635 |
| 1986 | 236 | #577 |
| 1985 | 198 | #624 |
| 1984 | 183 | #634 |
| 1983 | 209 | #587 |
| 1982 | 213 | #590 |
| 1981 | 237 | #550 |
| 1980 | 236 | #560 |
| 1979 | 211 | #589 |
| 1978 | 209 | #585 |
| 1977 | 207 | #584 |
| 1976 | 208 | #559 |
| 1975 | 189 | #587 |
| 1974 | 205 | #561 |
| 1973 | 189 | #576 |
| 1972 | 171 | #606 |
| 1971 | 139 | #702 |
| 1970 | 165 | #630 |
| 1969 | 172 | #598 |
| 1968 | 138 | #645 |
| 1967 | 121 | #677 |
| 1966 | 140 | #626 |
| 1965 | 111 | #705 |
| 1964 | 131 | #673 |
| 1963 | 124 | #695 |
| 1962 | 137 | #664 |
| 1961 | 116 | #710 |
| 1960 | 141 | #656 |
| 1959 | 124 | #683 |
| 1958 | 138 | #653 |
| 1957 | 95 | #771 |
| 1956 | 131 | #664 |
| 1955 | 136 | #637 |
| 1954 | 117 | #665 |
| 1953 | 147 | #592 |
| 1952 | 120 | #639 |
| 1951 | 128 | #622 |
| 1950 | 130 | #598 |
| 1949 | 130 | #597 |
| 1948 | 149 | #546 |
| 1947 | 137 | #577 |
| 1946 | 123 | #579 |
| 1945 | 115 | #558 |
| 1944 | 117 | #564 |
| 1943 | 119 | #581 |
| 1942 | 82 | #705 |
| 1941 | 101 | #589 |
| 1940 | 80 | #676 |
| 1939 | 96 | #587 |
| 1938 | 99 | #590 |
| 1937 | 96 | #588 |
| 1936 | 93 | #601 |
| 1935 | 92 | #605 |
| 1934 | 104 | #579 |
| 1933 | 102 | #569 |
| 1932 | 109 | #565 |
| 1931 | 108 | #565 |
| 1930 | 142 | #501 |
| 1929 | 130 | #515 |
| 1928 | 140 | #512 |
| 1927 | 120 | #562 |
| 1926 | 133 | #523 |
| 1925 | 124 | #554 |
| 1924 | 127 | #560 |
| 1923 | 126 | #550 |
| 1922 | 119 | #588 |
| 1921 | 84 | #715 |
| 1920 | 97 | #640 |
| 1919 | 75 | #738 |
| 1918 | 82 | #692 |
| 1917 | 68 | #761 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,072 |
| 1915 | 56 | #816 |
| 1914 | 34 | #949 |
| 1913 | 38 | #759 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 15 | #664 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
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