Ignatius

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ignatius: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ignatius: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 22 years, it reached #179 in 1969, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#179highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ignatius's record

Absent from every published list for 22 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2004	#1878
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2011	#4647
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2014	#3362
2015	#3373
2016	#2175
2017	#2324
2018	#3011
2019	#2728
2020	#1825
2021	#2493
2022	#2320
2023	#2007
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #2088 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #191 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1974
Highest recorded position: #179 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1964–1974).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ignatius appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 20 ranked years and 129 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Ignatius across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ignatius's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1825 (2020)	#2088 (2024)	20 of 28	129 (1997–2024)	12 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#191 (1964)	#179 (1969)	#321 (1974)	6 of 11	35 (1964–1974)	11 (1969)

Ignatius by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ignatius in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	15	3 of 10	5
2010s	57	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	51	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ignatius appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #179 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Ignatius's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	11	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #179, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 22 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ihsaan · #1132, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jamie-Lee · #176, 27y
Eveline · #184, 29y
Codie · #173, 30y
Sarah-Jane · #172, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Collette · #179, 49y
Imre · #179, 31y
Muriel · #179, 26y
Cait · #178, 53y

Ignatius was ranked #179 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ignatius and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ignatius without appearing here.

Ignatius moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2175 and #4810.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Ignatius

Wayne Compare
In 1971 they stood at #179 and #196 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #254 and #104.
Craig Compare
In 1971 they stood at #179 and #216 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #254 and #158.
Rodney Compare
In 1966 they stood at #185 and #219 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1967 that had become #265 and #222.
Steven Compare
In 1965 they stood at #191 and #232 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1966 that had become #185 and #185.

Moved the same way as Ignatius

Aksel Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ignatius went from #3744 to #2088 and Aksel from #2837 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ignatius went from #3865 to #2088 and Matheo from #2629 to #1517.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #179 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Ignatius across 2 official records

Ignatius by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Ignatius's record

Ignatius across 2 official records

Ignatius by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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