# Ignacio (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ignacio/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,969 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19,947 / 22 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 97, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 7 | 4,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,317 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,860 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,966 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 207 | 960 |
| 2012 | 211 | 958 |
| 2013 | 182 | 1,053 |
| 2014 | 175 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | 231 | 926 |
| 2016 | 228 | 930 |
| 2017 | 217 | 958 |
| 2018 | 220 | 946 |
| 2019 | 216 | 985 |
| 2020 | 205 | 1,015 |
| 2021 | 223 | 986 |
| 2022 | 237 | 958 |
| 2023 | 264 | 882 |
| 2024 | 303 | 825 |
| 2025 | 298 | 830 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Ignacio

- Ignacio Milam Tang, Equatoguinean politician
- Ignacio Scocco, Argentine footballer
- Ignacio Prieto, Chilean footballer
- Ignacio Fernández, Argentinian association football player
- Ignacio Ortíz, Argentine field hockey player
- Ignacio Piatti, Argentine footballer
- Ignacio Pussetto, Argentinian association football player
- Ignacio Calle, Colombian footballer (1930–1982)
- Ignacio Fideleff, footballer
- Ignacio Serricchio, Argentine–American actor
- Ignacio Mendy, Argentine rugby union player
- Ignacio Pérez, Colombian footballer (1934-2009)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.