Ignatius
Boy · ig-NAY-shus · Latin
Ignatius is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,663rd for boys in the US (100 babies).
What does Ignatius mean?
Latin: from the Roman family name Egnatius, later linked with Latin ignis, fire
Saint Ignatius of Loyola founded the Jesuits, the Society of Jesus, in 1540.
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Is Ignatius a girl's or a boy's name?
Ignatius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 100 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ignatius in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Ignatius, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ignatius than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Ignatius in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Ignatius in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Ignatius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,663among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 100about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 100 boys in the US were named Ignatius, making it the 1,663rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. It first appears in the records in 1885.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ignatius of any year since it first appeared, in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Ignatius in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ignatius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,663 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2023 | 89 | #1,803 |
| 2022 | 85 | #1,861 |
| 2021 | 84 | #1,840 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 79 | #1,886 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,014 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,184 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,234 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 48 | #2,526 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,361 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,240 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,532 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,031 |
| 1930 | 71 | #755 |
| 1929 | 50 | #952 |
| 1928 | 67 | #796 |
| 1927 | 56 | #911 |
| 1926 | 68 | #793 |
| 1925 | 60 | #858 |
| 1924 | 90 | #686 |
| 1923 | 67 | #821 |
| 1922 | 92 | #674 |
| 1921 | 90 | #682 |
| 1920 | 97 | #640 |
| 1919 | 95 | #619 |
| 1918 | 88 | #658 |
| 1917 | 95 | #610 |
| 1916 | 78 | #671 |
| 1915 | 81 | #643 |
| 1914 | 59 | #658 |
| 1913 | 54 | #597 |
| 1912 | 43 | #635 |
| 1911 | 29 | #562 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 18 | #547 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Nicknames for Ignatius
- Iggy 11 boys in the UK in 2025
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