Masculine dossier · first seen 1992
Riggs
Rising
Gaining cultural share
Peak era
2024
Peak births
410
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Gen Alpha
Quick answers about Riggs
How many people are named Riggs?
An estimated 2,961 living Americans are named Riggs.
How rare is Riggs?
Riggs is uncommon among babies today, with 329 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 19.8% from its 2024 peak.
How old is the typical Riggs?
The median age of a living American named Riggs is approximately 5 years, with most bearers falling between 3 and 8 years old.
Is Riggs still popular?
Yes — Riggs is currently rising in popularity, with 329 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 7.1× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Riggs most common?
Riggs has its strongest geographic signal in Utah, where it appears 6.5× more often than the national baseline.
1992Peak 20242025
Peak year
2024
Decline from peak
19.8%
2025
329
All-time
2,986
Where it lives now
Riggs is most concentrated in Utah — about 6.0× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Kansas.
States where Riggs is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.