Briggs
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #745 in 2015, #356 in 2025
Boy’s name · /bɹɪɡz/
What Briggs means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Briggs yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #745 in 2015, #356 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Briggs?
▼ 29 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #745 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 1,059 boys got the name (#327 that year). First in the US records in 1927.
How common
- About 1 in 1,855 baby boys in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in ND (5.36 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), SD (3.12 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Briggs is #356 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #356 | 921 | 1 in 1,855 | #745 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.0% of US babies named Briggs were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 9 | 921 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 99 | 9,377 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 0 | 0 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
How to say it
Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.
IPA from Wiktionary.
If you like Briggs
Boys
- Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
- Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”*
- Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”*
- Amir#105“commander, prince”*
- Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”*
- Enzo#72“home + ruler”*
For a sister
- Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”*
- Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
- Hazel#21From the word “hazel”*
- Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”*
- Eleanor#12possibly “other”*
- Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Briggs’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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