Little rock or dear little one
Caragan is a modern American adaptation of the Irish surname Carrigan. It is derived from the Gaelic 'O Corragain', which stems from 'corra' meaning a spear or 'carraig' meaning a rock, often interpreted with a diminutive suffix to mean 'little rock'.
Less common today
Caragan isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #9,963 in 2001.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
