Sigmund
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SIG-mund
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Sigmund is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “victory + protection”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Sigmund mean?
Germanic
“victory + protection”
Sigmund Freud founded psychoanalysis; in Norse legend Sigmund is the father of the dragon-slayer Sigurd.
Is Sigmund a girl's or a boy's name?
Sigmund is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sigmund in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Sigmund, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 151 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Sigmund in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1944, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sigmund in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,664 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,467 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,254 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,384 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,273 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,428 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1924 | 72 | #793 |
| 1923 | 59 | #882 |
| 1922 | 80 | #737 |
| 1921 | 96 | #658 |
| 1920 | 121 | #566 |
| 1919 | 118 | #551 |
| 1918 | 151 | #485 |
| 1917 | 149 | #466 |
| 1916 | 150 | #464 |
| 1915 | 139 | #466 |
| 1914 | 118 | #444 |
| 1913 | 78 | #492 |
| 1912 | 83 | #428 |
| 1911 | 34 | #506 |
| 1910 | 24 | #582 |
| 1909 | 19 | #615 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
Nicknames for Sigmund
- Siggy
Names like Sigmund
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roland Leonard Raymond Walter Archie Louis Henry William Lewis Otis Charlie Albert
Names related to Sigmund
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Sigmund: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sigmund, updated 20 October 2026.