Karrigan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-ih-gun
- Origin
- Irish
Karrigan is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Karrigan mean?
Irish: spelling of Carrigan; Irish surname, from O Corragain
An Irish surname, an anglicised form of O Corragain.
Meaning borrowed from Carrigan.
Is Karrigan a girl's or a boy's name?
Karrigan is a girls' name.
How popular is Karrigan 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 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Karrigan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karrigan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Nicknames for Karrigan
- Carrie 11 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Karrigan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Keegan Kerrigan Cassidy Kennedy Devyn Brynn Mckenna Reagan Regan Rowan Keeley
Names related to Karrigan
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, “Karrigan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karrigan, updated 20 October 2026.