Girls' name · since 1994
Carrigan
1,236 babies named Carrigan in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,482 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,646 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,236
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,236 babies have been named Carrigan since 1994, making it today's #5646 girls' name.
Carrigan has 1,236 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5646 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #6,482 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,646 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,236 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carrigan ranks #6,482 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,646 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,236 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,482 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,646 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,236
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carrigan's 1,236 recorded births place it above 91.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Carrigan compares
1,236 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carrigan's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carrigan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,236 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 81 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carrigan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carrigan's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 81, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carrigan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 81
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Carrigan popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1996 (Carrigan as boys' name)
Carrigan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (445 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Carrigan's strongest decade.
445 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Carrigan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
251 births
- 2000s
2000s
412 births
- 2010s
2010s
445 births
- 2020s 128
2020s
128 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 445 births (36% of all-time use).
How Carrigan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Carrigan's total volume
Carrigan by state
Where Carrigan concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 51 | 4.1% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 36 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 29 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 22 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #7 | California | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
51 of 1,236 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Carrigan appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Carrigan's data
- Carrigan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (445 total births); usage has since declined to 128 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Carrigans (51 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carrigan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carrigan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.