Riggs

“Transferred use of the surname Riggs” — English origin

Boy's name · #776 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Riggs reached its best rank, #669, in 2024 and ranked #776 in 2025. About 3,000 boys have carried it since 1992. In North Dakota it runs about 7× its national rate. It is also an American family name — about 35,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,300 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Riggses

Riggs Stephenson — American baseball player (1898-1985)
Riggs Lennon — American soccer player
Riggs Falkiner — Irish politician

Similar names: Jaxxon · Reign · Gatlin · Riggins · Rye · Kruz

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