Rigby
Rigby is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Rigby
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rigby is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Rigby
As a girl name
American parents first put Rigby on the record books as a girl name in 2011, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 12 Rigbys were born — ranking #8,597 that year. About 74% of every Rigby on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Rigby last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 106 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Rigby on the record books as a boy name in 1999, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 32 Rigbys were born — ranking #3,430 that year. About 53% of every Rigby on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Rigby ranks #4,804 for boys with 21 births, holding steady (+5%). All told, over 415 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Rigby
Rigby is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 415 births in the dataset. Rigby's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #3,430. Use the chart and map above to compare Rigby's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.