Briggs
Boy · BRIGZ · English
Briggs is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “bridge”. In 2025 it ranked 356th for boys in the US (921 babies).
What does Briggs mean?
English: northern English surname
“bridge”
A northern English surname from brigg, the dialect form of bridge, for someone who lived near one.
- Say it
- BRIGZ
Is Briggs a girl's or a boy's name?
Briggs is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 921 boys in the US.
How popular is Briggs in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #356among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 921about 1 in 1,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 921 boys in the US were named Briggs, making it the 356th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 440th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 1,059 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927. 9 girls were also named Briggs in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Briggs in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Briggs in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 921 | #356 |
| 2024 | 1,059 | #327 |
| 2023 | 987 | #337 |
| 2022 | 824 | #388 |
| 2021 | 868 | #373 |
| 2020 | 675 | #440 |
| 2019 | 552 | #517 |
| 2018 | 407 | #640 |
| 2017 | 424 | #617 |
| 2016 | 397 | #658 |
| 2015 | 324 | #745 |
| 2014 | 269 | #840 |
| 2013 | 228 | #911 |
| 2012 | 208 | #968 |
| 2011 | 182 | #1,043 |
| 2010 | 154 | #1,175 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,226 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,523 |
| 2007 | 74 | #1,912 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
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