first name
IGNACIO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 35,092 people named Ignacio, 96.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% as White and 1.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ignacio peaked in 2006, when 313 babies got the name.
At least 19,969 babies have been given the name since 1886. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ignacio by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,208. The largest share of babies named Ignacio, 21.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ignacio is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ignacio has been most common in New Mexico (6.5×), Arizona (4.9×), and Texas (4.3×), and least common in Michigan (0.07×).
16,852 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ignacio
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ignacio, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ignacio ranks #5,152 of 156,621, with 6,561 people. See Ignacio as a last name
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