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Rigdon

Boy · RIG-dun · English

Rigdon is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Rigdon mean?

English: English surname, probably from a place name

Sidney Rigdon was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement alongside Joseph Smith.

Say it
RIG-dun

Is Rigdon a girl's or a boy's name?

Rigdon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rigdon in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,690among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Rigdon, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Rigdon than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Rigdon in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

2004Busiest: 17 in 20082025
Rigdon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#10,690
20248#8,982
20239#8,250
202213#6,473
20219#8,161
20205#12,016
201911#7,168
20187#9,664
20175#12,241
201611#7,152
20156#10,638
201413#6,303
201317#5,167
201216#5,476
20119#8,072
201011#7,081
200910#7,687
200817#5,244
20078#8,909
20066#10,655
20057#9,108
20045#11,348

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