Given name & surname
Rigo
Rigo is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Lun Bawang and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rigo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,830
- 1,830 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 64 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #3,925 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,925 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 64 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,683 as a first name in 2020; 794 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rigo’s family of names
Rigo may belong to the same name family as RIGGO. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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