Riggs
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RIGZ
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #775 for boys
Riggs is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ridge”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 775th for boys in the US (329 babies).
What does Riggs mean?
English: surname from northern English rigg, from Old Norse hryggr
“ridge”
A topographic surname for someone who lived by a ridge.
Is Riggs a girl's or a boy's name?
Riggs is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 329 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riggs in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Riggs, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Riggs of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Riggs in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
How popular is Riggs in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #775among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 329about 1 in 5,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 107% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 329 boys in the US were named Riggs, making it the 775th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 946th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 410 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Riggs in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Riggs in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 329 | #775 |
| 2024 | 410 | #669 |
| 2023 | 359 | #733 |
| 2022 | 374 | #705 |
| 2021 | 311 | #791 |
| 2020 | 232 | #946 |
| 2019 | 157 | #1,214 |
| 2018 | 141 | #1,294 |
| 2017 | 121 | #1,429 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,112 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Names like Riggs
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Riggs: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riggs, updated 20 October 2026.