Karigan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-ih-gun
- Origin
- Irish
Karigan is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Karigan mean?
Irish: spelling of Carrigan; Irish surname, from O Corragain
An Irish surname, an anglicised form of O Corragain.
Meaning borrowed from Carrigan.
Is Karigan a girl's or a boy's name?
Karigan is a girls' name.
How popular is Karigan in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Karigan in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karigan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Nicknames for Karigan
- Carrie 11 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Karigan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Keegan Kerrigan Cassidy Kennedy Devyn Mckenna Reagan Brynn Regan Rowan Keeley
Names related to Karigan
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Callan
Sources
Figures from 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, “Karigan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karigan, updated 20 October 2026.