Corrigan
The Story of Corrigan
As a girl name
American parents first put Corrigan on the record books as a girl name in 1998, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2013, when 7 Corrigans were born — ranking #13,149 that year. About 47% of every Corrigan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Corrigan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 45 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Corrigan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1984, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 18 births, good for #4,204 nationwide. About 43% of every Corrigan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Corrigan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 204 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Corrigan
Corrigan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 204 births in the dataset. Corrigan's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #4,204. Use the chart and map above to compare Corrigan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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