Ignacy is a distinctive choice, ranked #1124 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Ignacy in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1124
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About the Name Ignacy
Ignacy has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 679 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #723 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2007.
Ignacy is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Ignacy in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Ignacy
Ignacy Bąk — Ignacy Bąk is a Polish handball player for Wilhelmshavener HV and the Polish national team.
Ignacy Daszyński — Ignacy Ewaryst Daszyński was a Polish socialist politician, journalist, and very briefly Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic's first government, formed in Lublin in 1918.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ignacy
Unlikely. With around 26 UK babies named Ignacy per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ignacy in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ignacy is declining: down 401 places since 2020, to #1,124 in 2025. It peaked at #723 in 2020.
Ignacy is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Ignacy does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Ignacys in the wild.
26
UK babies named Ignacy (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 401 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ignacy
Almost certainly the only Ignacy in the class
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UK Popularity (2007–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ignacy
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ignacy Ewaryst Daszyński was a Polish socialist politician, journalist, and very briefly Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic's first government, formed in Lublin in 1918.
Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski was a notable Polish nobleman, politician, art collector, Freemason, and the Mayor of Warsaw during the last years of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in 1792 and 1794.