How common is the surname Baggs?

2,093 people in the United States had the surname Baggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. It ranked 14,299th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Baggs?

Mel Baggs, American blogger (1980–2020).

Where is the surname Baggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Baggs in the United States.

Is the surname Baggs getting more or less common?

More common. 2,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,093 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Baggs

A surname, carried by 2,093 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baggs is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,093 people named Baggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,053.

#14,299

rank among US surnames

2,093

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,567)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,294	Oehler	2,095	147,373
#14,296	Yamasaki	2,094	147,443
#14,299	Baggs	2,093	147,513
#14,307	Rakowski	2,092	147,584

Who is named Baggs

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Baggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baggss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mel Baggs
American blogger (1980–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baggs

Baggs has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

How common is the surname Baggs?: 2,093 people in the United States had the surname Baggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. It ranked 14,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baggs?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Baggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Baggs?: Mel Baggs, American blogger (1980–2020).
Where is the surname Baggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Baggs in the United States.
Is the surname Baggs getting more or less common?: More common. 2,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,093 in 2010, up 1.9%.