Rigel
#6,284 most common boys' name of all time · #15,687 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1976–2025
Rank among boys
#6,284
Rank overall
#15,687 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
642
Since 2016
232
Peak year
2016 #3,325
Best rank
#3,325 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 34/yr
Rigel first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,094 |
| 2024 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,996 |
| 2023 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,663 |
| 2022 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,911 |
| 2021 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,419 |
| 2020 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,327 |
| 2019 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,540 |
| 2018 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,334 |
| 2017 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,043 |
| 2016 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,325 |
| 2015 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #3,935 |
| 2014 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,451 |
| 2013 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,375 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,209 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,778 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,773 |
| 2009 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,435 |
| 2008 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,903 |
| 2007 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,530 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,640 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,825 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,768 |
| 2003 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,702 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,281 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,660 |
| 2000 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,170 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,279 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,551 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,859 |
| 1996 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,234 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,175 |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,993 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,608 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,904 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,762 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,844 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,920 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,898 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,276 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,946 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,829 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,208 |
| 1981 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,124 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #4,105 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,784 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,066 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,566 |