# Kerrigan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kerrigan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “grandson/descendant of ciaragán”, “black” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,571 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 111 / 2,460 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 23, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).

## What it means

Kerrigan is grouped under black.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 95 | 2,049 |
| 2012 | 118 | 1,755 |
| 2013 | 112 | 1,820 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,932 |
| 2015 | 98 | 2,021 |
| 2016 | 79 | 2,375 |
| 2017 | 63 | 2,730 |
| 2018 | 78 | 2,351 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,551 |
| 2020 | 51 | 3,118 |
| 2021 | 42 | 3,645 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,253 |
| 2023 | 45 | 3,500 |
| 2024 | 36 | 4,080 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,608 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | 6,278 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,748 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,362 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,663 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,278 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,715 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,235 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,488 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,114 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,494 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,268 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,238 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,343 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,153 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,379 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.