Briggs

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Briggs is ranked 326th among boys in 2024 (1,057 births). Its best rank was 326th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #326up 12 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,0570.06% of boys
Peak year: 20241,057 births
Best rank: #326in 2024
Since 1927: 8,452people given the name

Babies named Briggs, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

8,452 boys have been named Briggs in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,057 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 52%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Briggs
1920s	10
1930s	5
1940s	11
1950s	18
1960s	32
1970s	5
1980s	42
1990s	152
2000s	623
2010s	3,145
2020s	4,409

In 2024, its biggest year

Briggs was the 326th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Briggs

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.