Ignacia
Ignacia is a given name, the feminine version of Ignacio. It may refer to:Ignacia del Espíritu Santo or Mother Ignacia (1663–1748), Filipino Roman Catholic Religious Sister, declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 Ignacia Allamand, Chilean film and television actress Ignacia Bordallo Butler, Chamorro businesswoman and entrepreneur Ignacia Cabrera, Chilean retired volleyball player Ignacia…
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Ignacia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ignacia is a given name, the feminine version of Ignacio. It may refer to:Ignacia del Espíritu Santo or Mother Ignacia (1663–1748), Filipino Roman Catholic Religious Sister, declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 Ignacia Allamand, Chilean film and television actress Ignacia Bordallo Butler, Chamorro businesswoman and entrepreneur Ignacia Cabrera, Chilean retired volleyball player Ignacia…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Ignacia
Ignacia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1893, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1926: 37 births, good for #1,279 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 25% of all recorded Ignacias. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Ignacias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ignacia
Ignacia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1893 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Ignacia's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #1,279. Use the chart and map above to compare Ignacia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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