NameTides

Riggs

Riggs was the #775 boys' name in the US in 2025 (329 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Riggs as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Riggs as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Riggs as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#775 (329)#3,256 (6)#782 (34)
2024#669 (410)#4,271 (4)#714 (37)
2023#733 (359)—#911 (26)
2022#705 (374)—#876 (28)
2021#791 (311)#4,789 (3)#1,039 (22)
2020#946 (232)#4,608 (3)#1,382 (14)
2019#1,214 (157)#4,702 (3)—
2018#1,294 (141)#3,959 (4)#2,740 (5)
2017#1,429 (121)#4,812 (3)#1,852 (9)
2016#2,110 (66)——
2015#2,112 (66)——
2014#2,461 (51)——
2013#2,492 (49)——
2012#2,716 (44)——
2011#3,364 (32)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #669.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Riggs is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 5,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Riggs by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #120NDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #715MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #579INOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #849CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #311OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #856TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Riggs (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

Riggs (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
RiggsCanadaBoys#78234
RiggsEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
RiggsUSGirls—too few
RiggsUSBoys#775329