Rigo

#3,924 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Rigo has been given to 1,830 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #3,924 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 64 recorded.

Babies named Rigo, 2025

1 in 118,000

Rigo over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rigo: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rigo means

Rigo is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Rigo is used in Lun Bawang.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,830 boys were recorded with the name Rigo between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 64 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,718 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,894 in 2020 to #3,924 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,136 in 2015 to #3,924 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rigo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 118,000; 28 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 61,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #3,924; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 82,069 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rigo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rigo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rigos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rigo was born before 2003 — so the typical Rigo is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 29.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 54.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 1,830; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 29.3% of all recorded uses (537).

Is Rigo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −49; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −30; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −788; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.76×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 43.8%; Peak was 2007 (64)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,718; 1990

Spellings of Rigo

Rigo is not the most common spelling — Diego is, with 27.9% against Rigo's 0.40%.

Diego27.9%126,160
Rick18.1%81,829
Milo9.7%43,847
Hugo8.3%37,482
Nico4.7%21,294
Vito3.3%15,052
Niko3.2%14,629
Gino2.9%13,145

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rigo is used

Across 1910–2025, Rigo was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 47,702 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 33,333
2Arizona1 in 50,000
3Texas1 in 50,000
4Illinois1 in —
5North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rigo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rigo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #3,924
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 30
Best rank ever: #1,718; 1990
Peak year: 2007; 64 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,830
Count in 2025: 28

Names similar to Rigo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Riggs Rigel Rigby Riggin Riggins Indigo Rigdon Rigley Inigo Vigo Rigden Riggen Deigo Rigoberto Righteous Rigved Rodrigo Keigo Rigg Rigsby Amerigo Trigo Serigo Santigo

Sibling names for Rigo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nyasia Marlen Jaylyn Jaylen Jaidyn Tayla Jakayla Haylie

For a brother

Jamarcus Nevin Brandt Gavyn Nathen Jaeden Jerimiah Deshaun

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