Riggins
Riggins was the 1776th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 91 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1427th with 128 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 980 places. More babies were named Riggins in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,776 boys, up 386 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 91boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023128 babies
- Total since 1880
- 989babies recorded
Riggins popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 2015.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,776 | 91 |
| 2020 | #2,162 | 65 |
| 2010 | #5,202 | 18 |
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How popular is Riggins, counting every spelling?
Riggins has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Riggins?
91 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Riggins (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Riggins born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 92 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Riggins.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Riggins?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Riggins are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Riggins a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Riggins by state
How common Riggins was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Idaho (16.6×), Utah (4.0×), North Carolina (1.7×). In 37 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Riggins: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Riggins, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Riggins
How popular is the name Riggins?
Riggins was the 1776th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 91 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1427th with 128 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 980 places. More babies were named Riggins in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Riggins a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Riggins in the US.
Where is Riggins most popular?
In 2021–2025, Riggins was most common in Idaho (0.95 per 1,000 boys), followed by Utah and Alabama.