Briggs is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #16306 in 2017 with 5 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2021 with 15 births ranking #7322. In 2017, approximately 1 in every 345,176 girls born was named Briggs. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Briggs is an English surname-style name linked with bridges. Its clipped, sturdy sound fits well with the current taste for short, masculine surname names.
The name came into first-name use through surname tradition rather than from an older personal name. It remains quite modern as a given name, even though the surname itself is much older.