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Inigo

Gender
Boy
Say it
IN-i-go
Origin
Spanish
UK rank, 2025
#2,202 for boys
US rank, 2025
#7,675 for boys

Inigo is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Inigo mean?

Spanish: Spanish Inigo, from the medieval Basque name Eneko

Inigo Jones, the 17th-century architect, designed the Banqueting House in Whitehall.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Inigo a girl's or a boy's name?

Inigo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Inigo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,202among boys
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 27,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Inigo, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 26 boys.

Half of all the boys named Inigo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 26 in 20172025
Inigo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#2,202
202420#1,397
202314#1,812
202220#1,404
20218#2,619
202017#1,512
201918#1,479
201822#1,280
201726#1,170
201622#1,309
201515#1,693
201421#1,308
201318#1,445
201222#1,278
201118#1,433
201019#1,385
200925#1,115
200813#1,696
200722#1,172
200623#1,065
200513#1,522
200415#1,301
200317#1,124
200212#1,312
20016#2,049
20009#1,503
19998#1,582
19988#1,569
19977#1,678
19964#2,442

How popular is Inigo in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,675among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Inigo, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.

Half of all the boys named Inigo in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 16 in 20152025
Inigo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
20248#8,982
202314#6,215
202214#6,141
20216#10,794
20209#8,062
20199#8,209
20180–
201711#7,091
201612#6,721
201516#5,503
201410#7,557
20135#12,129
20120–
20116#10,801
20100–
200910#7,687
20085#12,546
20077#9,782
20060–
20057#9,108
20040–
20037#8,636
20020–
20015#10,548
20005#10,341

Names like Inigo

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Inigo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inigo, updated 20 October 2026.