Briggs

Where Briggs comes from

Briggs hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1907
    Briggs Cunningham born
    American racing driver
  2. 1927
    First appearance
    #2,703 among boys, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1965
    Briggs Hopson born
    American politician
  4. 2024
    Peak, #327
    1,059 babies named Briggs — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Briggs Cunningham · American racing driver, 1907–2003
  • Briggs Hopson · American politician, born 1965
  • Briggs Priestley · British politician, 1831–1907

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.