Riggs
Riggs was the 776th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 329 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 669th with 410 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,353 places. More babies were named Riggs in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it RIGZ /rɪɡz/
- Rank in 2025
- #776 boys, up 173 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 329boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024410 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,991babies recorded
What does the name Riggs mean?
Riggs is an English and Scottish surname used as a boys' name, recorded in the US from 1992 and much more common in recent years. Wiktionary records Riggs and the related surname Rigg without an etymology. Surnames like these are often linked with northern English and Scots rigg, a ridge, but our sources do not confirm that for Riggs, so we do not give it a meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. Surname origin not documented in our sources.
Related names: Rigg, Ridge.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Riggs' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Rigg' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Riggs popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 2022.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #776 | 329 |
| 2020 | #949 | 232 |
| 2010 | #3,693 | 29 |
| 2000 | #8,047 | 8 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Riggs, counting every spelling?
Riggs has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #756 for boys in 2025, against #776 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Riggs?
329 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Riggs (0.09 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Riggs 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 25 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Riggs.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Riggs?
About 3,000 people born in the US named Riggs are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Riggs 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.
Riggs by state
How common Riggs was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in North Dakota (8.5×), South Dakota (6.3×), Utah (5.3×), Idaho (4.7×), Nebraska (4.2×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, California, Oregon.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Riggs: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Riggs, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Riggs · Sibling names for Riggs
Questions about the name Riggs
How popular is the name Riggs?
Riggs was the 776th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 329 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 669th with 410 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,353 places. More babies were named Riggs in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Riggs a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Riggs in the US.
Where is Riggs most popular?
In 2021–2025, Riggs was most common in North Dakota (1.76 per 1,000 boys), followed by South Dakota and Utah.