Kerrigan
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Kerrigan is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Kerrigan mean?
Irish
A female given name from Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kerrigan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kerrigan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Kerrigan 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 4 girls.
Kerrigan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Kerrigan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Kerrigan, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 118 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972. 6 boys were also named Kerrigan in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kerrigan than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Kerrigan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kerrigan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,538 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,366 |
| 2015 | 98 | #2,012 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,922 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,814 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,744 |
| 2011 | 95 | #2,043 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,642 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,046 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,693 |
| 2001 | 113 | #1,619 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,726 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,673 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,747 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Kerrigan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Teagan Caoimhe Cassidy Raegan Aoibheann Kiara Caragh Eowyn Rowan Eireann Eden
Names related to Kerrigan
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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, “Kerrigan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kerrigan, updated 20 October 2026.