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Sigourney

#16,927 in 2025Girls' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Sigourney has been given to 397 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #16,927 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 43 recorded.

Babies named Sigourney, 2025

1 in 663,000

Sigourney over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sigourney: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

surname transfer

What Sigourney means

Sigourney is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sigourney is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /sɪ.ˈɡɔɹ.ni/ and /sɪ.ˈɡɔː.ni/ for Sigourney.

The naming story behind Sigourney

Sigourney is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

According to Ernest Nègre in his book Toponymie générale de la France (1990), the French placename Sigournais comes from Old French Segurniaci, which itself has been derived from Latin Secorinus + -acum. So it appears that the resemblance to Germanic dithematic names starting with *segaz is superficial.

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Origin, language, and formation

Sigourney is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Sigourney is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Sigourney is pronounced /sɪˈɡɔː(ɹ)ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 397 girls were recorded with the name Sigourney between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1989; its best national rank was #2,644 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #14,859 in 2020 to #16,927 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,850 in 2015 to #16,927 in 2025.

How common is Sigourney?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#16,927
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sigourney sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sigourney. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sigourneys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sigourney was born before 1993 — so the typical Sigourney is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
40.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
31.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
397
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 40.6% of all recorded uses (161).

Is Sigourney rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+411
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,068
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,077
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
11.6%
Peak was 1989 (43)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,644
1989

Where Sigourney is used

Across 1910–2025, Sigourney was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,528,726 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sigourney has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sigourney around the world

Where Sigourney ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2007
    #5,201
    in 2007
  • France
    1990–2000
    #4,718
    in 2000
  • South Australia
    1985–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sigourney by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,927
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,068
Best rank ever
#2,644
1989
Peak year
1989
43 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
397
Count in 2025
5

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