girls:
226 births since 2014
#5490 (4th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1988
#3372 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1988
#6282 (19th percentile)
The name Ziggy is the #6,282 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,463 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 18.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,372 (26.4% percentile) for all time with 1,237 births since 1988. For girls, it ranks #5,490 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 226 births since 2014.
Ziggy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Ziggy is available in 26 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (26 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ziggy has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 79.9% of babies named Ziggy were boys.
For boys, Ziggy reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 17.7% percentile (ranked #761) with 90 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 90 births per million (ranked 17.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ziggy ranks #785 for boys (13.8% percentile) with 72 births per million, which is 79.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ziggy reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #920) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ziggy ranks #919 for girls (3.0% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 78.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ziggy".
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