Rigby — #4981 US boys' name
373 babies named Rigby in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Rigby was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Rigby in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rigby
The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Rigby between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rigby currently holds the #4981 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Rigby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 106 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rigby performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rigby shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rigby 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 373 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.
Rigby at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rigby popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2015)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #4981 among boys.
373 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 32 births in a single year.
Rigby popularity over time — girls
106 total births recorded since 2011 (Rigby as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Rigby accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rigby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 220 births that decade — 59% of Rigby's all-time total
Rigby decade highlights
- Peak decade 220 births
- Runner-up 110 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rigby's strongest decade
220 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.