Corran comes from the ScottishGaelic tradition, meaning Little spear.
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How popular is Corran?
2004peak year
Today, Corran is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #10130), with only about 7 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2004, 16 babies were given the name (ranked #5048 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Corran has been declining in recent years. In all, around 160 babies have been registered as Corran since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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