Recorded 1927–2025 · United States
Briggs was most popular in 2024, when 1,071 American babies were given the name — ranking #629 that year. In 2025 it ranked #697, with 930 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 9,476 people named Briggs.
Briggs first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1927, which makes it about 98 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 99 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 9,476 American births named Briggs between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 9,367 are estimated to be alive today.
930 American babies were named Briggs in 2025, ranking #697 that year.
Briggs is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 943 births a year, against 245 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +284% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Briggs is a boy’s name — 1.0% of the 9,476 Americans given it were girls and 99.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 9,367 Americans named Briggs are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 3 and 10. That is a narrow band because Briggs is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org