Corrigan
Boy · KOR-i-gan · Irish
Corrigan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “spear”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Corrigan mean?
Irish: Irish surname, anglicised from O Corragain, a diminutive of corrach 'spear'
“spear”
Transferred use of an Irish surname meaning descendant of Corragan, a pet form of a word for spear.
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Is Corrigan a girl's or a boy's name?
Corrigan is a boys' name.
How popular is Corrigan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Corrigan in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Corrigan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Names like Corrigan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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