Sigourney
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sih-GOR-nee
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Sigourney is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Sigourney mean?
French: French Huguenot surname
Actress Sigourney Weaver, born Susan, took the name from a minor character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sigourney a girl's or a boy's name?
Sigourney is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sigourney in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 8 girls.
Sigourney in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Sigourney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Sigourney, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Sigourney in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sigourney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
Names like Sigourney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily, Sydney, Francesca, Hannah, Sarah, Jessica, Lacey, Chloe, Abigail, Sienna, Sophia, Molly
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Belle, Quincy
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, “Sigourney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sigourney, updated 20 October 2026.