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Konnor

Gender
Boy
Say it
KON-er
Origin
Irish
US rank, 2025
#2,539 for boys

Konnor is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “lover of hounds”. In 2025 it ranked 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).

What does Konnor mean?

Irish: spelling of Connor; anglicised form of Irish Conchobhar

“lover of hounds”

In the Ulster Cycle of Irish legend, Conchobar mac Nessa is the king of Ulster.

Meaning borrowed from Connor. More on Wiktionary.

Is Konnor a girl's or a boy's name?

Konnor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Konnor in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 21 boys.

Half of all the boys named Konnor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 21 in 19962022
Konnor in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20222#6,336
20214#4,188
20204#4,025
20190–
20184#4,169
20175#3,608
20164#4,214
20156#3,149
20148#2,593
20135#3,466
201214#1,765
201119#1,385
201016#1,585
200913#1,760
200811#1,930
200711#1,848
20062#5,314
200510#1,814
200417#1,183
200311#1,498
200210#1,490
200116#1,054
200019#917
199915#1,043
199815#1,016
199713#1,111
199621#768

How popular is Konnor in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,539among boys
Babies in 2025
52about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 62% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Konnor, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,189th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 267 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Konnor than any year since 1992.

Half of all the boys named Konnor in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,874 boys in the US were given Konnor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #137, up from #2,539 for this spelling alone.

1988Busiest: 267 in 20122025
Konnor in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202552#2,539
202478#1,985
202393#1,754
202296#1,737
2021128#1,424
2020162#1,189
2019183#1,091
2018241#899
2017240#895
2016234#919
2015265#847
2014252#872
2013261#826
2012267#822
2011255#843
2010264#810
2009221#932
2008238#882
2007213#931
2006245#831
2005227#826
2004211#841
2003198#869
2002142#1,063
2001126#1,116
2000128#1,094
1999123#1,084
1998137#996
199794#1,231
199692#1,215
199575#1,354
199466#1,449
199375#1,308
199248#1,745
199119#3,218
19906#7,171
19895#7,898
19887#5,745

Nicknames for Konnor

Names like Konnor

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Konnor

Names related to Konnor

More Irish names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Konnor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/konnor, updated 20 October 2026.