Connor
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Connor is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “lover of hounds”. In 2025 it ranked 257th for boys in the UK (202 babies) and 166th for boys in the US (2,211 babies).
What does Connor mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Irish Conchobhar
“lover of hounds”
In the Ulster Cycle of Irish legend, Conchobar mac Nessa is the king of Ulster.
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Is Connor a girl's or a boy's name?
Connor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 202 boys in the UK and 14 girls and 2,211 boys in the US.
How popular is Connor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #257among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 202about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 202 boys in the UK were named Connor, making it the 257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 147th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5,842 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Connor since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Connor in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 340 boys in the UK were given Connor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #184, up from #257 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 299th in England and Wales, 120th in Scotland and 237th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#28), 2004 (#28) and 2014 (#79).
Connor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 202 | #257 |
| 2024 | 248 | #225 |
| 2023 | 242 | #224 |
| 2022 | 274 | #212 |
| 2021 | 398 | #159 |
| 2020 | 429 | #147 |
| 2019 | 438 | #150 |
| 2018 | 592 | #119 |
| 2017 | 711 | #101 |
| 2016 | 813 | #97 |
| 2015 | 815 | #90 |
| 2014 | 1,019 | #78 |
| 2013 | 1,204 | #60 |
| 2012 | 1,410 | #55 |
| 2011 | 1,756 | #47 |
| 2010 | 2,078 | #42 |
| 2009 | 1,955 | #45 |
| 2008 | 2,206 | #37 |
| 2007 | 2,167 | #35 |
| 2006 | 2,315 | #34 |
| 2005 | 2,696 | #30 |
| 2004 | 3,067 | #27 |
| 2003 | 3,394 | #25 |
| 2002 | 3,220 | #25 |
| 2001 | 3,345 | #24 |
| 2000 | 3,799 | #23 |
| 1999 | 4,351 | #20 |
| 1998 | 5,842 | #11 |
| 1997 | 5,567 | #11 |
| 1996 | 5,672 | #13 |
How popular is Connor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #166among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,211about 1 in 770 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,211 boys in the US were named Connor, making it the 166th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 78th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10,049 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 14 girls were also named Connor in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Connor than any year since 1990.
Half of all the boys named Connor in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,874 boys in the US were given Connor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #137, up from #166 for this spelling alone.
Connor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,211 | #166 |
| 2024 | 2,611 | #136 |
| 2023 | 2,861 | #126 |
| 2022 | 3,213 | #118 |
| 2021 | 3,764 | #98 |
| 2020 | 4,414 | #78 |
| 2019 | 5,161 | #68 |
| 2018 | 6,086 | #58 |
| 2017 | 6,422 | #56 |
| 2016 | 7,037 | #54 |
| 2015 | 6,772 | #55 |
| 2014 | 7,231 | #52 |
| 2013 | 7,117 | #56 |
| 2012 | 6,983 | #59 |
| 2011 | 7,410 | #54 |
| 2010 | 8,051 | #49 |
| 2009 | 8,101 | #52 |
| 2008 | 7,817 | #57 |
| 2007 | 8,330 | #55 |
| 2006 | 8,676 | #53 |
| 2005 | 9,321 | #48 |
| 2004 | 10,049 | #38 |
| 2003 | 9,670 | #43 |
| 2002 | 8,409 | #47 |
| 2001 | 8,082 | #49 |
| 2000 | 7,530 | #50 |
| 1999 | 7,597 | #48 |
| 1998 | 7,906 | #47 |
| 1997 | 7,140 | #52 |
| 1996 | 6,911 | #54 |
| 1995 | 6,619 | #55 |
| 1994 | 6,318 | #59 |
| 1993 | 6,452 | #57 |
| 1992 | 4,609 | #80 |
| 1991 | 2,462 | #133 |
| 1990 | 1,377 | #221 |
| 1989 | 937 | #266 |
| 1988 | 787 | #293 |
| 1987 | 585 | #342 |
| 1986 | 276 | #535 |
| 1985 | 177 | #661 |
| 1984 | 154 | #703 |
| 1983 | 142 | #725 |
| 1982 | 89 | #950 |
| 1981 | 95 | #920 |
| 1980 | 77 | #1,031 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,128 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,186 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
Nicknames for Connor
- Con 4 boys in the UK in 2025
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