Briggs is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Briggs means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Briggs across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Briggs has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Briggs is a boy name of Old Norse origin meaning “bridges”. From an English surname denoting one who lived by bridges.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 9,476 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Briggs per year, United States (1927 to 2025). United States peaked in 2024 (1,071/yr).
Briggs has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2024, when it ranked #629 nationally (given to 1,071 babies that year).
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