Riggs — #668 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Riggs

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,657 babies named Riggs between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Riggs currently holds the #668 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 410 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Riggs performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,686 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Riggs shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 230 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Riggs in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Riggs 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 2,657 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.