Is Ziggy a boy or girl name?

Ziggy is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,778 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 15.6% were girls and 84.4% were boys.

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Ziggy

Recorded 1988–2025 · United States

Ziggy was most popular in 2022, when 211 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,164 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,831, with 139 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,778 people named Ziggy.

Ziggy over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ziggy’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ziggy a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ziggy is mostly a boy’s name — 15.6% of the 1,778 Americans given it were girls and 84.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 19% girls and 81% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ziggy

Where Ziggy is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org