Rigel
Boy · RY-jel · Arabic
Rigel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “foot”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Rigel mean?
Arabic: star name, from Arabic rijl 'foot'
“foot”
Named after Rigel, the bright blue-white star that marks the foot of the constellation Orion.
- Say it
- RY-jel
Is Rigel a girl's or a boy's name?
Rigel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rigel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Rigel, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Rigel in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rigel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Rigel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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