Briggs — #326 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Briggs

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,452 babies named Briggs between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Briggs currently holds the #326 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,057 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Briggs performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 4,409 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Briggs shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 752 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Briggs in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Briggs in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 8,452 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.