Rigel — #5964 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rigel

The Social Security Administration has registered 613 babies named Rigel between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rigel currently holds the #5964 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rigel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 214 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rigel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rigel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rigel 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 613 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.