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Ziggy

#1,491 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly a sudden turn

Ziggy has been given to 1,778 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #1,491 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 168 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.

Babies named Ziggy, 2025

1 in 27,900

Ziggy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ziggy over time

In 2025, Ziggy went to 14% girls and 86% boys.

19882025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ziggy: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly a sudden turn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ziggy means

Ziggy may mean “a sudden turn”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,501 boys were recorded with the name Ziggy between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 168 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,197 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,373 in 2020 to #1,491 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,764 in 2015 to #1,491 in 2025.

In the United States, 277 girls were recorded with the name Ziggy between 2014 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 2022; its best national rank was #3,649 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,448 in 2020 to #6,111 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ziggy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 27,900
119 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 14,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,491
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
19,311 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ziggy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 5002%

Put another way: gather 19,311 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ziggy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ziggys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ziggy was born before 2020 — so the typical Ziggy is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
55.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,501
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 55.4% of all recorded uses (832).

Is Ziggy 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
−151
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−118
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,273
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.70×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
70.8%
Peak was 2022 (168)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,197
2022

Spellings of Ziggy

Ziggy is not the most common spelling — Riggs is, with 47.1% against Ziggy's 23.7%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ziggy is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Ziggy was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,941 boys, against 1 in 20,206 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

134 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 2,941
  2. 2California1 in 10,000
  3. 3Washington1 in 14,286
  4. 4Florida1 in 16,667
  5. 5New York1 in 16,667
  6. 6Utah1 in 16,667
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 20,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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.

Where Ziggy is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ziggy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 732,241 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Ziggy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ziggy around the world

Where Ziggy 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
    1996–2025
    #372
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2014–2025
    #441
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2021–2021
    #433
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    2017–2024
    #520
    in 2024
  • France
    1993–2025
    #6,498
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1990–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ziggy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,491
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 118
Best rank ever
#1,197
2022
Peak year
2022
168 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,501
Count in 2025
119

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,111
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,663
Best rank ever
#3,649
2022
Peak year
2022
43 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
277
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Ziggy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ziggy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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