The Haggerty surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,320 people carried this name — #3,194 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 10,961 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Haggerty surname

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉigceartaigh (“descendant of Éigceartach”), a personal name meaning "unjust".

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Haggerty» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Scotland’s registers today

Haggerty was recorded 17 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.

That made it the 1299th most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 27. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.

National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In print

Haggerty in American newspapers,
1900–1922.

Newspaper page from The Saratoga Sun carrying the name Haggerty
The Saratoga Sun 1900-11-08
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Haggerty
The Milwaukee Leader 1922-06-03
Newspaper page from Estancia News-herald carrying the name Haggerty
Estancia News-herald 1917-02-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,292 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Haggerty in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1980s.

2,951 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haggerty. The most, 846, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 4.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 1,343
New South Wales 815
Queensland 331
South Australia 259
Victoria 132
Tasmania 58
Northern Territory 7
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haggerty.

Who carried it

People named Haggerty,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Don Haggerty
    Don Haggerty 1914–1988 · television actor
  • Dan Haggerty
    Dan Haggerty 1942–2016 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Dan Haggerty: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 80 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Haggerty,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States3,152 records

3,152 records of the Haggerty name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,591
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 439
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 400
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 225
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 192
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 163
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 135
  • Sacramento County historic burials 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles E. Haggerty

    Born 1907 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; civil engineer from Queens County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Haggerty

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 17; servant. From Roscommon, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edward Charles Haggerty

    Born 1949; from Riverton, Wyoming. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; died of wounds 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 3,152 records for Haggerty in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia117 records

117 records of the Haggerty name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 60
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 27
  • Tasmanian Names Index 24
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Mary Haggerty

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Royal Admiral, sailing from London in 1842. Native of Liverpool, Lancashire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1845.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Patk Haggerty

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Constance, aged 25; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles Haggerty

    Carter of Ballarat, Victoria; died 1878.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 117 records for Haggerty in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada74 records

74 records of the Haggerty name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 53
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 11
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 8
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dercy Irene Haggerty

    Buried in 1982 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 88.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Edward Haggerty

    Died 1971 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, aged 84.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Alexander Haggerty

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 74 records for Haggerty in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom13 records

13 records of the Haggerty name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 7
  • Stirling Council burial records 5
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Joanna Haggerty

    Buried in 1955 at Snowdon Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 70.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Catherine Haggerty

    Buried in 1822 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 84.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Haggerty

    Labour Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Haggerty in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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