Briggs

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #356 for boys in 2025, 921 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 1,059 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,377
since 1927

Briggs over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Briggs has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010boysat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#356921
2024#8,44312#3271,059
2023#8,98911#337987
2022#10,3839#388824
2021#7,25015#373868
2020#10,2509#440675
2019#15,5395#517552
2018#11,4278#640407
2017#15,9025#617424
2016—#658397
2015#10,14810#745324
2014—#840269
2013#14,5826#911228
2012—#968208
2011—#1,043182
2010—#1,175154
2009—#1,226146
2008—#1,523106
2007—#1,91274
2006—#2,15060
2005—#2,43347
2004—#2,45245
2003—#2,47042
2002—#3,55424
2001—#2,52038
2000—#2,33041
1999—#2,60833
1998—#3,19124
1997—#3,87717
1996—#3,67818
1995—#5,12411
1994—#5,10911
1993—#5,7719
1992—#4,11414
1991—#8,2365
1990—#4,99310
1989—#5,1659
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1986—#4,8538
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1982—#4,5938
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1979—#6,0565
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First appearance
1927

The first year at least five boys were named Briggs! It came in at #2,703, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1928–1944, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Briggs is popular in 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #514 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,463 boysMNIllinois: #1,100 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,976 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #172 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 568 boysSDIowa: #505 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,057 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedINOhio: #760 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,725 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,243 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 38,962 boysCAUtah: #287 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,226 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedCONebraska: #398 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,970 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedDEArizona: #863 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,457 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,088 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,313 boysNCSouth Carolina: #654 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,210 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #765 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,765 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,089 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,315 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedHITexas: #1,538 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 19,846 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Briggs, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#172 · 1 in 568
  2. Utah#287 · 1 in 1,226
  3. Nebraska#398 · 1 in 1,970
  4. Iowa#505 · 1 in 3,057
  5. Minnesota#514 · 1 in 3,463

Best ever in a state: #45 in North Dakota, 2024.

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StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#17271 in 568
Utah#287181 in 1,226
Nebraska#39851 in 1,970
Iowa#50551 in 3,057
Minnesota#51481 in 3,463
South Carolina#65451 in 4,210
Ohio#76091 in 6,725
Louisiana#76551 in 4,765
Arizona#86351 in 7,457
North Carolina#1,08851 in 10,313
Georgia#1,08961 in 9,315
Illinois#1,10071 in 9,976
Texas#1,53891 in 19,846
California#2,24361 in 38,962
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See more about Briggs
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 29 spots since 2024 (#327 → #356)
  • 84 spots since 2020 (#440 → #356)
  • 389 spots since 2015 (#745 → #356)
  • Biggest jump: 123 spots in 2019 (#640 → #517)
  • Biggest drop: 29 spots in 2025 (#327 → #356)
Rise & fade · boys
97 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1927
  • Peaked 2024 at #327 (1,059 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,627
  • Highest: 1 in 1,627 boys born in 2024 were named Briggs (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,855 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 56.9% of all boys named Briggs (5,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s10#2,703 (1927)#2,703
1930s5#3,645 (1935)#3,645
1940s11#2,996 (1945)#3,278
1950s18#3,033 (1958)#3,636
1960s32#2,535 (1960)#3,173
1970s5#6,056 (1979)#6,056
1980s42#4,593 (1982)#5,457
1990s152#2,608 (1999)#4,670
2000s623#1,226 (2009)#2,257
2010s3,145#517 (2019)#811
2020s5,334#327 (2024)#370

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.

Briggs in 2010

boys
#1,175
154 births · 1 in 12,459 boys

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #1,175Briggs154
More about 2010

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 12,459 of them was named Briggs, which outranked 91.8% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Briggs
  1. #1,168Tayden157
  2. #1,173Chevy156
  3. #1,173Jaleel156
  4. #1,175Briggs154
  5. #1,175Jai154
  6. #1,175Javen154
  7. #1,175Sammy154
  8. #1,179Benny153
  9. #1,179Callan153
  10. #1,179Karim153

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010 →