Connell
Boy · KON-el · Irish
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Connell is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “strong wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Connell mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Conaill, from Conall
“strong wolf”
The related surname O'Connell was borne by Daniel O'Connell, the 19th-century Irish leader known as the Liberator.
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- KON-el
Is Connell a girl's or a boy's name?
Connell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Connell in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,423among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 111% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Connell, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 49 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Connell than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Connell in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the UK were given Connell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #562, up from #1,423 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.
Connell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,130 |
| 2021 | 49 | #773 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 2 | #6,266 |
| 2011 | 2 | #6,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 2 | #5,967 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Connell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Connell, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Connell in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were given Connell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,037, up from #3,127 for this spelling alone.
- Connell 38
- Conall 19
Connell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,353 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,580 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Nicknames for Connell
- Con 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Connell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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