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Quick answers about Riggs
How many people are named Riggs?
An estimated 2,961 living Americans are named Riggs.
How rare is Riggs?
Riggs is uncommon among babies today, with 329 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 19.8% from its 2024 peak.
How old is the typical Riggs?
The median age of a living American named Riggs is approximately 5 years, with most bearers falling between 3 and 8 years old.
Is Riggs still popular?
Yes — Riggs is currently rising in popularity, with 329 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 7.1× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Riggs most common?
Riggs has its strongest geographic signal in Utah, where it appeared 6.0× more often than the national baseline in the 2020s.
Diaspora map
Riggs spread fast — broke out in Iowa, South Carolina, and Utah (2022) and ran high in 8 states within a decade.
Broke out: Iowa, South Carolina, and Utah, 2022 · over-represented in 8 states over 2 years
Origin
≤5 yrs
≤15 yrs
16+ yrs
No breakout
