Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ignatius

#2,010 most common boys' name of all time · #4,828 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among boys
#2,010
Rank overall
#4,828 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
4,075
Since 2016
822
Peak year
2025 #1,663
Best rank
#567 1906
Girls Boys peak 100/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ignatius first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 100 100 #1,663
2024 — 95 95 #1,739
2023 — 89 89 #1,804
2022 — 85 85 #1,863
2021 — 84 84 #1,844
2020 — 80 80 #1,855
2019 — 79 79 #1,888
2018 — 78 78 #1,905
2017 — 70 70 #2,016
2016 — 62 62 #2,186
2015 — 60 60 #2,237
2014 — 41 41 #2,850
2013 — 48 48 #2,528
2012 — 38 38 #3,006
2011 — 52 52 #2,405
2010 — 35 35 #3,182
2009 — 34 34 #3,280
2008 — 33 33 #3,349
2007 — 28 28 #3,700
2006 — 23 23 #4,114
2005 — 16 16 #5,046
2004 — 15 15 #5,264
2003 — 13 13 #5,574
2002 — 23 23 #3,676
2001 — 7 7 #8,385
2000 — 7 7 #8,246
1999 — 13 13 #5,050
1998 — 9 9 #6,343
1997 — 11 11 #5,307
1996 — 6 6 #8,013
1995 — 6 6 #7,843
1994 — 9 9 #5,898
1993 — 7 7 #6,864
1992 — 9 9 #5,689
1991 — 12 12 #4,501
1990 — 9 9 #5,412
1989 — 13 13 #4,044
1988 — 5 5 #7,342
1987 — 5 5 #7,015
1986 — 5 5 #6,806
1985 — 10 10 #4,079
1984 — 5 5 #6,374
1983 — 8 8 #4,537
1982 — 5 5 #6,458
1981 — 8 8 #4,550
1979 — 11 11 #3,595
1978 — 6 6 #5,113
1977 — 8 8 #4,205
1976 — 6 6 #4,993
1975 — 8 8 #3,981
1974 — 10 10 #3,356
1973 — 8 8 #3,741
1972 — 8 8 #3,670
1971 — 12 12 #2,841
1970 — 8 8 #3,565
1969 — 7 7 #3,641
1968 — 13 13 #2,343
1967 — 14 14 #2,167
1966 — 11 11 #2,503
1965 — 19 19 #1,821
1964 — 21 21 #1,743
1963 — 14 14 #2,231
1962 — 14 14 #2,208
1961 — 23 23 #1,699
1960 — 18 18 #1,929
1959 — 17 17 #1,996
1958 — 21 21 #1,743
1957 — 20 20 #1,803
1956 — 32 32 #1,370
1955 — 26 26 #1,517
1954 — 19 19 #1,779
1953 — 14 14 #2,122
1952 — 17 17 #1,882
1951 — 18 18 #1,796
1950 — 16 16 #1,897
1949 — 14 14 #2,048
1948 — 22 22 #1,578
1947 — 22 22 #1,614
1946 — 18 18 #1,721
1945 — 16 16 #1,728
1944 — 23 23 #1,415
1943 — 31 31 #1,248
1942 — 44 44 #1,018
1941 — 23 23 #1,427
1940 — 25 25 #1,349
1939 — 19 19 #1,549
1938 — 26 26 #1,318
1937 — 29 29 #1,244
1936 — 25 25 #1,340
1935 — 25 25 #1,365
1934 — 29 29 #1,251
1933 — 35 35 #1,111
1932 — 43 43 #1,017
1931 — 42 42 #1,042
1930 — 71 71 #763
1929 — 50 50 #958
1928 — 67 67 #802
1927 — 56 56 #916
1926 — 68 68 #800
1925 — 60 60 #867
1924 — 90 90 #689
1923 — 67 67 #827
1922 — 92 92 #674
1921 — 90 90 #685
1920 — 97 97 #643
1919 — 95 95 #622
1918 — 88 88 #661
1917 — 95 95 #611
1916 — 78 78 #675
1915 — 81 81 #645
1914 — 59 59 #666
1913 — 54 54 #602
1912 — 43 43 #646
1911 — 29 29 #575
1910 — 20 20 #672
1909 — 14 14 #792
1908 — 8 8 #1,083
1907 — 10 10 #916
1906 — 18 18 #567
1905 — 11 11 #780
1904 — 10 10 #806
1903 — 9 9 #838
1902 — 8 8 #918
1901 — 7 7 #919
1900 — 11 11 #827
1899 — 7 7 #913
1898 — 14 14 #606
1897 — 7 7 #927
1896 — 11 11 #717
1895 — 8 8 #861
1894 — 9 9 #783
1893 — 9 9 #762
1892 — 8 8 #854
1891 — 5 5 #1,090
1890 — 9 9 #734
1889 — 9 9 #718
1888 — 7 7 #905
1887 — 5 5 #1,047
1886 — 6 6 #940
1885 — 5 5 #1,074