Corgan
A variant of the Irish surname Corgan, derived from "curachán" meaning small boat.
Name Census estimates that about 129 living Americans carry the first name Corgan. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Corgan today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Corgan births was 2007 (15 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Corgan. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
129
~ 1 in 2,657,010 Americans
Peak year
2007
15 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2011 SSA rank
#8,200
Tracked since 1997
Census
Corgan in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 191 people with the first name Corgan, which placed it at #39,504 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#39,504
National first-name rank
People counted
191
191 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
82.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Corgan
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Corgan is White at 82.7%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (10.5%) and Hispanic (4.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Corgan described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Corgan at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White82.7% · 158
- Two or more races10.5% · 20
- Hispanic or Latino4.2% · 8
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.6% · 3
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.0% · 2
Popularity
Corgan: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Corgan from the 1990s through to the 2010s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 82 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Corgan by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Corgan during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Corgan
The given name Corgan has its origins rooted in the ancient Celtic language of the Britons, a people who inhabited the region now known as Great Britain during the Iron Age and Roman conquest. The name is derived from the Proto-Celtic word "korgo," meaning "curved" or "bent," which may have been used to describe a person with a physical characteristic or trait.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Corgan can be found in the Cartularium Saxonicum, a collection of Anglo-Saxon charters and records dating back to the 7th century AD. In this document, a person named "Corgan filius Caradoci" is mentioned, translating to "Corgan, son of Caradoc."
During the Middle Ages, the name Corgan appeared sporadically in various historical documents across the British Isles. One notable mention is in the Annals of Ulster, an medieval Irish chronicle, which records the death of a warrior named "Corgan mac Flaithbheartaigh" in the year 1093.
In the 14th century, a Welshman named Corgan ap Rhys is recorded as having served as a squire in the household of Edward, the Black Prince, the eldest son of King Edward III of England. This Corgan ap Rhys is believed to have fought alongside the Black Prince at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 during the Hundred Years' War.
Fast-forwarding to the 16th century, a Scottish noble named Corgan MacLean is mentioned in the Records of the Privy Seal of Scotland in 1543. MacLean was a prominent figure in the clan battles and political turmoil that plagued Scotland during that period.
In more recent times, one of the most famous individuals to bear the name Corgan is William Patrick Corgan Jr., the American musician and songwriter best known as the lead singer and frontman of the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Born in 1967, Corgan has had a profound impact on the music industry and is widely regarded as a influential figure in the alternative rock genre.
People
Corgan + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Corgan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Corgan: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Corgan?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 129 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Corgan going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,657,010 US residents.
Is Corgan a common name?
We classify Corgan as "Very Rare". It ranks above 68.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 131 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Corgan most popular?
The single biggest year for Corgan was 2007, when 15 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Corgan is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Corgan in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 191 people with the name Corgan, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #39,504 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Corgan in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Corgan?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Corgan on both sides of the split. Of the 195 people counted with this name, 151 were male (77.4%) and 44 were female (22.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Corgan?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Corgan is White at 82.7%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (10.5%) and Hispanic (4.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Corgan most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Corgan in the 2020 Census, accounting for 82.7% (158 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Corgan in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Corgan a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Corgan in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Corgan still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Corgan in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Corgan can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Corgan?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.