Ziggy
Ziggy was the 1491st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 119 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1197th with 168 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,274 places. More babies were named Ziggy in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,491 boys, down 118 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 119boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022168 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,778babies recorded
Ziggy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,112 | #1,491 | 20 | 119 |
| 2020 | #4,450 | #1,373 | 31 | 129 |
| 2010 | — | #3,530 | — | 31 |
| 2000 | — | #12,117 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Ziggy, counting every spelling?
Ziggy has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,400 for boys in 2025, against #1,491 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Ziggy?
119 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ziggy (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ziggy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 70 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ziggy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ziggy?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Ziggy are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 11. That makes Ziggy a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ziggy by state
How common Ziggy was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Washington (1.7×), California (1.5×). In 34 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Ziggy
How popular is the name Ziggy?
Ziggy was the 1491st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 119 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1197th with 168 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,274 places. More babies were named Ziggy in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Ziggy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Ziggy in the US.
Where is Ziggy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ziggy was most common in Hawaii (0.77 per 1,000 boys), followed by Washington and Utah.