Riggins
The Story of Riggins
Riggins first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2007, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 128 births, good for #1,420 nationwide. About 62% of every Riggins on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Riggins ranks #1,508 for baby boys with 119 births, rising sharply (+63% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Riggins
Riggins is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Riggins's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #1,420. Use the chart and map above to compare Riggins'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 .
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