NameTides

Briggs

Briggs was the #356 boys' name in the US in 2025 (921 babies), and #642 in Canada.

Briggs as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Briggs as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Briggs as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#356 (921)#642 (44)
2024#327 (1,059)#586 (46)
2023#337 (987)#577 (47)
2022#388 (824)#616 (43)
2021#373 (868)#673 (40)
2020#440 (675)#1,176 (18)
2019#517 (552)#1,065 (20)
2018#640 (407)#1,133 (18)
2017#617 (424)#1,510 (12)
2016#658 (397)#1,283 (15)
2015#745 (324)#1,816 (9)
2014#840 (269)#2,371 (6)
2013#911 (228)#1,771 (9)
2012#968 (208)—
2011#1,043 (182)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #327.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1927.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Briggs is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Briggs by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #204WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: #196IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: #53NDMinnesota: #141MNIllinois: #457ILMichigan: #312MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #105SDIowa: #206IAIndiana: #247INOhio: #287OHPennsylvania: #332PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: #140UTColorado: #366CONebraska: #113NEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #199ARTennessee: #282TNNorth Carolina: #461NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #148LAMississippi: #173MSAlabama: #186ALGeorgia: #293GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #403TXFlorida: #421FL
Briggs (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Briggs (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BriggsCanadaBoys#64244
BriggsUSGirls#10,1079
BriggsUSBoys#356921