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How popular is the name Ziggy?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ziggies are alive today.

Ziggy (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 372nd in 2025 with 112 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2021, when 136 babies were given the name, the 333rd most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Ziggy you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Ziggies born in England and Wales are between 3 and 10, and there are at least 1,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ziggy - on average, only one in every 253 such rooms contains a Ziggy.

How many babies are named Ziggy each year?

050100200020201996: 31997: 31998: 51999: 32000: 52001: 62002: 52003: 152004: 172005: 112006: 222007: 112008: 202009: 102010: 162011: 182012: 122013: 262014: 312015: 332016: 492017: 462018: 612019: 652020: 902021: 1362022: 1152023: 1122024: 1252025: 112actual

Where does Ziggy rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 2,0741999: ranked 2,9432000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 1,9492002: ranked 2,2542003: ranked 1,1322004: ranked 1,1102005: ranked 1,6172006: ranked 1,0162007: ranked 1,7562008: ranked 1,2062009: ranked 1,9812010: ranked 1,4832011: ranked 1,3422012: ranked 1,8522013: ranked 1,0442014: ranked 9352015: ranked 9032016: ranked 6982017: ranked 7432018: ranked 5962019: ranked 5752020: ranked 4482021: ranked 3332022: ranked 3662023: ranked 3662024: ranked 3522025: ranked 372

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Ziggy per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 136 in 2021
Ziggy: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ziggy most popular?

Ziggy peaked in 2021, when 136 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Ziggy?

At least 1,200 people named Ziggy born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ziggy?

Most living Ziggies are between 3 and 10; the most common age is about 4.

Is Ziggy becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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