Carrigan
Carrigan was the 5591st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 1810th with 81 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,585 places. More babies were named Carrigan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,591 girls, down 1,651 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199681 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,246babies recorded
Carrigan popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 1996.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,591 | 22 |
| 2020 | #3,940 | 36 |
| 2010 | #2,816 | 62 |
| 2000 | #2,866 | 50 |
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How popular is Carrigan, counting every spelling?
Carrigan is the most common spelling of a name family that had 22 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 22 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigan | 22 | #5,591 | 92 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Carrigan?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carrigan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Carrigan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carrigan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Carrigan?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Carrigan are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 12 and 25. That makes Carrigan mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Carrigan: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carrigan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Carrigan
How popular is the name Carrigan?
Carrigan was the 5591st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 1810th with 81 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,585 places. More babies were named Carrigan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Carrigan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Carrigan in the US.