Ziggy
About Ziggy
Perhaps the ultimate nicknamey name, Ziggy manages to sound cool, cutesy, spiky, and energetic all at once. It brings to mind the glam-rock of Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the cool vibes of reggae musician Ziggy Marley, along with the contemporary-but-vintage appeal of Teddy, Mack, and Albie.
Currently in the UK Top 400, Ziggy has also been moving up the US charts. Given to around 30 babies a decade ago, in 2022, it was given to nearly 170 baby boys and 40 baby girls. Deriving as a nickname for Siegfried, Sigmund, or similar, as a stand alone, it could mean "victory" from the Old Saxon element sigi.
While Ziggy works as a contemporary and zippy choice, if you love it but find it just a little too informal, it could work as a nickname for Zachary, Ezekiel, Zelig, Santiago, David (Ziggy Marley's official name) - or perhaps for any name containing a Z.
Pronounced ZIG-ee.
As of October 2026, Ziggy ranked #1491 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1196 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #126.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,753 | 44 | 22.9 |
| 2015 | #2,763 | 44 | 23 |
| 2016 | #2,687 | 46 | 24.2 |
| 2017 | #2,317 | 57 | 30.8 |
| 2018 | #1,898 | 79 | 43.5 |
| 2019 | #1,562 | 108 | 60.2 |
| 2020 | #1,372 | 129 | 74.7 |
| 2021 | #1,333 | 140 | 80 |
| 2022 | #1,196 | 168 | 96.2 |
| 2023 | #1,402 | 132 | 77.2 |
| 2024 | #1,358 | 140 | 81.3 |
| 2025 | #1,491 | 119 | 69.7 |
World rankings
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Ziggy on lists
Famous Ziggys
- David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley
Jamaican musician; son of musician Bob Marley
- Evander "Ziggy" Hood
American NFL football player
- Zygmunt Edward "Ziggy" Switkowski
Polish Australian businessman and nuclear physicist
- Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste
American drummer of funk group The Meters
- Zachary Sami P "Ziggy" Lichman
English musician of boy band Northern Line
- Isabelle Anna "Ziggy" Lorenc
Canadian female TV personality
- Ziggy Alberts
Australian singer songwriter
Ziggy in pop culture
- Ziggy Stardust
album and persona of musician David Bowie
- Chester Karol "Ziggy" Sobotka
character on TV's "The Wire"
- Ziggy
character in TV's "Lazy Town"
- "Ziggy
" eponymous comic strip
- "Ziggy
" song by Celine Dion
- Ziggy Grover
character in "Power Rangers: RPM"
- Ziggy
a super hybrid computer on the cult 90s show "Quantum Leap"
- Ziggy
child character in "Big Little Lies"