Connla
Boy · KON-la · Irish
Big in Northern Ireland
Connla is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies).
What does Connla mean?
Irish
In the Irish tale Echtra Condla, Connla the Fair sails away with a fairy woman to the Otherworld.
- Say it
- KON-la
Is Connla a girl's or a boy's name?
Connla is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Connla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 127% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Connla, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Connla of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Connla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were given Connla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,396, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- Connla 14
- Conla 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 159th in Northern Ireland.
Connla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
Names like Connla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Conan Brody Ronan Conlan Caelan Callan Kody Rowan Rogan Kayden Brayden
Names related to Connla
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