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Feminine

Connor is given to boys far more often — 234,546 boys against 1,716 girls since 1880. See Connor as a boy name

1980high 1992
#7491 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare14 girls in 2025

Connor means hound-lover, and being called a hound was the highest compliment a Celtic warrior could receive. Cú Chulainn is the hound of Culann; Conan is a little hound; Conchobar, the source of Connor, is a lover of hounds — the dog stood for a fighter who guarded his people.

How old is the name Connor?

Connor first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Connor alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 1,700 people named Connor are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Connor most popular?

Connor peaked in 1992, reaching #1274 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 6,217 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Connor

Dog and wolf elements are common in early Irish and Welsh names, and the sense is honorific rather than insulting: a hound is loyal, fierce and guards the household, which is exactly what a warrior was expected to be. Cú Chulainn earns his name by killing the smith Culann's guard dog and offering to take its place. Conán, Conall and Conchobar all carry the element. The habit is not confined to Ireland — Germanic naming used wolf freely, in Wolfgang, Rudolf and Beowulf. Connor entered American use as a boys' name in the 1980s and 1990s; a small female cohort follows, peaking in 1992.

Meaningscholars disagree

Irish "lover of hounds" or "wolf-lover"

From Conchobar, generally read as cú, a hound or wolf, with a second element meaning lover or desiring. An alternative reading takes the first element as con, sense or counsel. The hound reading is the more widely accepted. Conchobar mac Nessa is the king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle. The surname Ó Conchobhair gives O'Connor, and Connor as a given name is the anglicized personal name rather than the surname.

How the name formed

  1. Conchobar
  2. Conor
  3. Connor

Related forms: Conchobhar · Conor

Pronouncing Connor

KON-ur

Two syllables, stress on the first. The Irish Conchobhar is closer to KON-uh-khoor, with a back fricative that English does not have; the modern Irish spelling Conchobhar is said KRUH-hoor in some dialects.

Nicknames for Connor

Moderate

ConThe front clip, said kon, used for both sexes
NorThe back clip, informal and mostly family-internal
ConnyThe diminutive, which reads as more clearly feminine
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1980–20251346701341419802025

US babies named Connor per year from 1980 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#12741980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1980
Most girls named
1992134 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1274reached in 1992
Change vs 2024
−39.1%14 in 2025, from 23
Connor sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1992, with 134 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Connor in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Conchobhar in Irish — same name
  • Conor in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia.

Connors among us

1,700

people named Connor are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Connor

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Nancye test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Connor's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nancye climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nancye's path sketches the road Connor is walking now.

40%chance Connor will feel dated by 2040
Connor, aligned on its peakNancye· peak 1940not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+30 yrsNancye · #8131Connor today
Connor today is about where Nancye stood in 1973 — 33 years past a #1272-sized peak. Within 15 years, Nancye had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Connor sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Connor beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Connor in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Connorthis name14#7491Christie14#7491Carmelita14#7491Jetta14#7491Hildegard14#7491

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • It has a documented Irish meaning and a legendary bearer.
  • It is read correctly on sight and never mispronounced in English.
  • Con and Conny work as short forms.
What to consider
  • In America it reads as a male name in nearly every context.
  • Conor with one n is the standard Irish spelling.
  • The female use is a small minority in the data.

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Frequently asked

How many Connors are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Connor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Connor in 2025?
Connor ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Connor?
About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Connor — 14 in all.
Will my child share the name Connor with classmates?
Connor will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Connor

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Christie#7491 · Carmelita#7491 · Jetta#7491 · Hildegard#7491 · Rickie#7491 · Billy#7491 · Angelyn#7491 · Jewell#7491

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