Unisex name · since 2008
Rigley
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 172 babies named Rigley, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,798 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rigley currently ranks #5798 among unisex names in America, with 172 babies recorded since 2008.
Rigley has 172 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5798 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #13,888 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,798 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 172 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rigley ranks #13,888 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,798 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 172 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,798 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rigley's 172 recorded births place it above 69.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rigley compares
172 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rigley's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rigley | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 172 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rigley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rigley's full recorded timeline at 2017, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rigley popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Rigley popularity over time - girls
43 total births recorded since 2008 (Rigley as girls' name)
Rigley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (87 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Rigley's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Rigley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 87 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Rigley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2020s (64) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rigley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rigley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.