Holding steady, #5,554 for girls today.
Popularity of Carrigan since 1994
Babies named Carrigan per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 251 |
| 2000s | 412 |
| 2010s | 445 |
| 2020s | 128 |
Meaning & origin
Carrigan first appeared on the U.S. baby name charts in 1994, a period that saw a rise in surname-style and invented names for girls. Its peak popularity came early, in 1996, though it has since become rare. As of 2025, Carrigan ranked 5,554th, with about 1 in 73,058 newborns given the name. The name's trajectory has been stable over the past decade, maintaining a low but consistent usage. Its sound is similar to popular names like Teagan and Reagan, fitting a modern trend for names ending in '-an'. Carrigan is most likely a modern English coinage or an anglicized form of the Irish surname Corrigan.
Carrigan first appeared in the 1990s as a given name in the United States. It may be a spelling variant or respelling of the Irish surname Corrigan, which is an anglicized form of Ó Corragáin meaning 'descendant of Corragán', a personal name possibly derived from 'corr' meaning 'spear'. Alternatively, it could be a modern invented name combining a fashionable sound with the suffix '-igan'.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Carrie, Rigan, Cari
Variants: Corrigan
Sibling names for Carrigan
Names that share Carrigan's style, for a brother or sister.
