Recorded 1996–2014 Girls' name Peak 2001 54 births

Caragan — girls' name

54 babies named Caragan in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s202000s202010s14
1990s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Caragan was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

10 babies were named Caragan in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Caragan

The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Caragan between 1996 and 2014, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caragan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caragan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Caragan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caragan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 54 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Caragan at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

54

Since 1996

19 years of records

Peak year

2001

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1996

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2014

Caragan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1996

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2001)
10
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
4681012 20142012200320022001199919971996 8

Caragan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
20 births that decade — 37% of Caragan's all-time total
1990s202000s202010s14

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Caragan?
54 babies have been named Caragan since 1996. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2001 with 10 births.
When was Caragan most popular?
Caragan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Caragan been used?
Caragan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 19 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Caragan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Carol, Carolyn, Carrie, Caroline, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.