Brigg

Peak · boys
1971 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
174
since 1971

Brigg over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Brigg has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #4,907, 1971boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2022#12,3305
2021#10,7996
2020#9,5547
2019#12,1455
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2017#10,7756
2016#7,15711
2015#7,49110
2014#5,99714
2013#8,7898
2012#6,30613
2011#5,43316
2010#9,6937
2009#7,23611
2008#9,0198
2007#8,9158
2006#7,9989
2005#7,09610
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Brigg! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1971–2004, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Brigg is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Brigg in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Brigg
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1971 at #4,907 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 118,703
  • Highest: 1 in 118,703 boys born in 2011 were named Brigg (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #4,907 in 1971, was only 1 in 353,689 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 51.7% of all boys named Brigg (90) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s10#4,907 (1971)#5,340
1980s5#7,905 (1989)#7,905
1990s5#8,868 (1995)#8,868
2000s46#7,096 (2005)#8,053
2010s90#5,433 (2011)#8,198
2020s18#9,554 (2020)#10,894

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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