Unisex name · since 1984
Corrigan
204 babies named Corrigan in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,830 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
204 boys have been named Corrigan since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Corrigan recorded 204 times among boys since 1984, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2021.
- #12,830 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 204 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corrigan ranks #12,830 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 204 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,830 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Corrigan's 204 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Corrigan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Corrigan's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Corrigan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2021
- Peak year (2000)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Corrigan popularity over time - girls
45 total births recorded since 1998 (Corrigan as girls' name)
Corrigan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (88 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Corrigan's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Corrigan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 88 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Corrigan's data
- Corrigan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Corrigan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1984–2021 (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 Corrigan 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.