How Many People Are Named Ignatius?
people named Ignatius are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 178,012 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,075 babies named Ignatius in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
100 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown, of Etruscan origin. The spelling was later altered to resemble Latin ignis "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch who was thrown to wild beasts by emperor Trajan, and by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Jesuits, whose real birth name was in fact Íñigo.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ignatius in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ignatius alive today is about 26 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ignatius first appears in the records in 1885, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 100 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ignatius has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #555, in 1906. In 2025 it ranked #1,664.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,664 |
| Best rank | #555 (1906) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #761 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ignatius alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ignatius were born in California than in any other state: about 66 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ignatius was given 4.4 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in Pennsylvania and 2.2 times in Illinois.
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