Boys' name · since 1956
Rigo
Rigo has 1,830 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,488 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,876 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,830
- born since 1956
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rigo currently ranks #3876 among boys' names in America, with 1,830 babies recorded since 1956.
Rigo has 1,830 recorded births among boys since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3876 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #3,488 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,876 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,830 born since 1956
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rigo ranks #3,488 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,876 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,830 born since 1956, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,488 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,876 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,830
- born since 1956
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rigo's 1,830 recorded births place it above 92.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Rigo compares
1,830 Top 23% higher than 77% of 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
Rigo's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rigo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,830 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rigo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rigo's full recorded timeline at 1995, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 64 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rigo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Rigo by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (537 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Rigo's strongest decade.
537 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Rigo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s 91
1970s
91 births
- 1980s
1980s
247 births
- 1990s
1990s
405 births
- 2000s
2000s
537 births
- 2010s
2010s
345 births
- 2020s 172
2020s
172 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 537 births (29% of all-time use).
How Rigo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Rigo's total volume
Rigo by state
Where Rigo concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 602 | 32.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 319 | 17.4% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 36 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.3% |
602 of 1,830 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Rigo's data
- Rigo's decade-level peak was the 2000s (537 total births); usage has since declined to 172 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rigos (602 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Rigo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1956–2025 (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 Rigo 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.