Meaning and history
Ignatius comes from the Roman family name Egnatius, of unknown meaning and likely Etruscan origin, and its spelling was later changed to resemble Latin ignis, “fire.” The name was borne by several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch, who was thrown to wild beasts by Emperor Trajan, and Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Jesuits, whose real birth name was Íñigo.
20062006: 23 births, rank #4,105
2007: 28 births, rank #3,687
2008: 33 births, rank #3,344
2009: 34 births, rank #3,274
2010: 35 births, rank #3,181
20112011: 52 births, rank #2,403
2012: 38 births, rank #3,002
2013: 48 births, rank #2,528
2014: 41 births, rank #2,847
2015: 60 births, rank #2,234
20162016: 62 births, rank #2,184
2017: 70 births, rank #2,014
2018: 78 births, rank #1,901
2019: 79 births, rank #1,886
2020: 80 births, rank #1,849
20212021: 84 births, rank #1,841
2022: 85 births, rank #1,861
2023: 89 births, rank #1,803
2024: 95 births, rank #1,735
20252025: 100 births, rank #1,663
Ignatius rose from #957 to #760 for boys between 1929 and 1930. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 97 births.