Karigan
Karigan is a village in Gevar Rural District, Sarduiyeh District, Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 309, in 77 families.
Meaning & Origin of Karigan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Karigan is a village in Gevar Rural District, Sarduiyeh District, Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 309, in 77 families.
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The Story of Karigan
Karigan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1995, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 28 Karigans were born — ranking #3,831 that year. As of 2026, Karigan ranks #12,196 for baby girls with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 320 Karigans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Karigan
Karigan is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 320 births in the dataset. Karigan's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #3,831. Use the chart and map above to compare Karigan'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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