Sigourney
Sigourney is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sigourney
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sigourney is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sigourney
American parents first put Sigourney on the record books as a baby girl name in 1984, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 43 Sigourneys were born — ranking #2,618 that year. About 41% of every Sigourney on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sigourney last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 392 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sigourney
Sigourney is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 392 births in the dataset. Sigourney's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #2,618. Use the chart and map above to compare Sigourney'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.