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Riggs

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Meaning of Riggs: English: 'dweller by the ridge'

Riggs is a boy's name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 5 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 785th most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 4270th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#785

329 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#4270

4 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

2,991

First recorded 1992 · peak 2024

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 6 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 6 babies1995: 7 babies1996: 6 babies1997: 11 babies1998: 7 babies1999: 17 babies2000: 8 babies20002001: 13 babies2002: 9 babies2003: 14 babies2004: 13 babies2005: 19 babies2006: 18 babies2007: 16 babies2008: 23 babies2009: 22 babies2010: 29 babies20102011: 32 babies2012: 44 babies2013: 49 babies2014: 51 babies2015: 66 babies2016: 66 babies2017: 121 babies2018: 141 babies2019: 157 babies2020: 232 babies20202021: 311 babies2022: 379 babies2023: 359 babies2024: 410 babies2025: 329 babies
US babies named Riggs per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 410.

Gender split

100% boys · 0% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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