Carrigan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-ih-gun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Carrigan is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Carrigan mean?
Irish: Irish surname, from O Corragain
An Irish surname, an anglicised form of O Corragain.
Is Carrigan a girl's or a boy's name?
Carrigan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carrigan in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 12 girls.
Carrigan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Carrigan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Carrigan, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Carrigan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carrigan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,836 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,804 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Nicknames for Carrigan
- Carrie 11 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Carrigan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Cassidy Teagan Raegan Keira Caragh Aoibheann Rowan Eowyn Clodagh Eireann Eden
Names related to Carrigan
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carrigan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carrigan, updated 20 October 2026.