Conan
Boy · KOH-nan · Irish
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Conan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little hound”. In 2025 it ranked 609th for boys in the UK (69 babies) and 1,677th for boys in the US (98 babies).
What does Conan mean?
Irish: Irish Conán, from cu, hound
“little hound”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, had Conan as his middle name.
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- KOH-nan
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Is Conan a girl's or a boy's name?
Conan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 69 boys in the UK and 98 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Conan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #609among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 69 boys in the UK were named Conan, making it the 609th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 515th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 101 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Conan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Conan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 74 boys in the UK were given Conan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #532, up from #609 for this spelling alone.
- Conan 69
- Konan 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales, 367th in Scotland and 61st in Northern Ireland.
Conan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #609 |
| 2024 | 101 | #443 |
| 2023 | 78 | #558 |
| 2022 | 82 | #527 |
| 2021 | 101 | #463 |
| 2020 | 82 | #515 |
| 2019 | 77 | #556 |
| 2018 | 81 | #534 |
| 2017 | 79 | #549 |
| 2016 | 77 | #557 |
| 2015 | 86 | #506 |
| 2014 | 59 | #655 |
| 2013 | 56 | #664 |
| 2012 | 38 | #889 |
| 2011 | 49 | #721 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 38 | #839 |
| 2008 | 44 | #744 |
| 2007 | 38 | #796 |
| 2006 | 35 | #798 |
| 2005 | 42 | #689 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 38 | #567 |
| 2000 | 29 | #688 |
| 1999 | 25 | #736 |
| 1998 | 35 | #587 |
| 1997 | 30 | #625 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Conan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,677among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 98 boys in the US were named Conan, making it the 1,677th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,190th. It first appears in the records in 1923.
2025 had the most boys named Conan of any year since it first appeared, in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Conan in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 122 boys in the US were given Conan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,320, up from #1,677 for this spelling alone.
- Conan 98
- Konan 24
Conan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,677 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,012 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,467 |
| 2021 | 75 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,190 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,357 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,561 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,154 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1979 | 49 | #1,319 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,272 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,187 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,154 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,294 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,083 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
Nicknames for Conan
- Con 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Conan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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