Con
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KON
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Big in Northern Ireland
Con is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Con mean?
Irish: short for Connor; also for Conrad or Constantine
In Ireland Con has long been a pet form of Conchobhar (Connor) and of Cornelius.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Con a girl's or a boy's name?
Con is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Con in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Con, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Con of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were given Con or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #836, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 344th in Northern Ireland.
Con in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
Names like Con
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Conan Conlan Keegan Brogan Caoimhin Brayden Caelan Rogan Connla Declan Keelan
Other spellings of Con
Names related to Con
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Casey Kennedy Callan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Con: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/con, updated 20 October 2026.