Rigby comes from the English tradition, meaning Ridge farm.
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How popular is Rigby?
2015peak year
Rigby first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1999. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2015, 32 babies received the name (ranked #3495). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #4593), with roughly 30 babies named Rigby each year. Rigby's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 479 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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