Briggs
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #356 for boys in 2025, 921 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 1,059 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,377since 1927
Briggs over time
Rank among boys' names. Briggs has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #356 | 921 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #327 | 1,059 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #337 | 987 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #388 | 824 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #373 | 868 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #440 | 675 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #517 | 552 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #640 | 407 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #617 | 424 |
| 2016 | — | #658 | 397 | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #745 | 324 |
| 2014 | — | #840 | 269 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #911 | 228 |
| 2012 | — | #968 | 208 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,043 | 182 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,175 | 154 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,226 | 146 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,523 | 106 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,912 | 74 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,150 | 60 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,433 | 47 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,452 | 45 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,470 | 42 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,554 | 24 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,520 | 38 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,330 | 41 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Dakota#162 · 1 in 510
- North Dakota#220 · 1 in 770
- Utah#220 · 1 in 802
- Nebraska#297 · 1 in 1,237
- Minnesota#442 · 1 in 2,770
Best ever in a state: #45 in North Dakota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #162 | 8 | 1 in 510 |
| North Dakota | #220 | 5 | 1 in 770 |
| Utah | #220 | 27 | 1 in 802 |
| Nebraska | #297 | 8 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Minnesota | #442 | 10 | 1 in 2,770 |
| Iowa | #468 | 6 | 1 in 2,520 |
| Kansas | #490 | 6 | 1 in 2,682 |
| Louisiana | #627 | 7 | 1 in 3,455 |
| Colorado | #753 | 5 | 1 in 5,430 |
| Indiana | #771 | 6 | 1 in 5,946 |
| Arizona | #780 | 6 | 1 in 6,165 |
| Ohio | #805 | 9 | 1 in 6,640 |
| Texas | #828 | 25 | 1 in 7,106 |
| Tennessee | #872 | 5 | 1 in 7,158 |
| Illinois | #876 | 9 | 1 in 7,391 |
| Washington | #929 | 5 | 1 in 7,185 |
| Michigan | #1,021 | 5 | 1 in 9,528 |
| California | #2,239 | 6 | 1 in 38,415 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Briggs
- 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)
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 2024 at #327 (1,059 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
- 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%)
- 56.9% of all boys named Briggs (5,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #2,703 (1927) | #2,703 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,645 (1935) | #3,645 |
| 1940s | 11 | #2,996 (1945) | #3,278 |
| 1950s | 18 | #3,033 (1958) | #3,636 |
| 1960s | 32 | #2,535 (1960) | #3,173 |
| 1970s | 5 | #6,056 (1979) | #6,056 |
| 1980s | 42 | #4,593 (1982) | #5,457 |
| 1990s | 152 | #2,608 (1999) | #4,670 |
| 2000s | 623 | #1,226 (2009) | #2,257 |
| 2010s | 3,145 | #517 (2019) | #811 |
| 2020s | 5,334 | #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 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 9,120 of them was named Briggs, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).