Caragh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KA-ra
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Caragh is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “friend”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
What does Caragh mean?
Irish: Irish-style spelling of Cara
“friend”
Caragh is also the name of a lake and river in County Kerry.
Is Caragh a girl's or a boy's name?
Caragh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caragh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Caragh, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Caragh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 205th in Northern Ireland.
Caragh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,296 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 30 | #1,057 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 33 | #900 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 32 | #829 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 32 | #789 |
| 1997 | 27 | #895 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
Names like Caragh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Keira Teagan Aoibheann Caitlin Cassidy Raegan Eireann Bree Ffion Niamh Cliodhna
Names related to Caragh
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caragh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caragh, updated 20 October 2026.