# Conor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/conor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “lover of hounds” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Connor, Conner, Con |
| US babies named this | 27,449 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27,380 / 69 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10,365, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Conchúr, from Old Irish Conchobar (“lover of hounds”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 10 | 8,212 |
| 1993 | 13 | 6,711 |
| 1994 | 9 | 8,982 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8,284 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,213 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,797 |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,911 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,560 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,894 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 472 | 540 |
| 2012 | 447 | 574 |
| 2013 | 452 | 573 |
| 2014 | 482 | 579 |
| 2015 | 629 | 474 |
| 2016 | 1,086 | 323 |
| 2017 | 1,130 | 308 |
| 2018 | 1,000 | 335 |
| 2019 | 752 | 412 |
| 2020 | 744 | 404 |
| 2021 | 646 | 464 |
| 2022 | 513 | 574 |
| 2023 | 450 | 624 |
| 2024 | 376 | 708 |
| 2025 | 292 | 845 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 165 | 273 |
| 2012 | 208 | 242 |
| 2013 | 204 | 246 |
| 2014 | 152 | 301 |
| 2015 | 135 | 344 |
| 2016 | 254 | 221 |
| 2017 | 252 | 207 |
| 2018 | 210 | 247 |
| 2019 | 140 | 327 |
| 2020 | 154 | 298 |
| 2021 | 163 | 288 |
| 2022 | 115 | 366 |
| 2023 | 120 | 351 |
| 2024 | 95 | 422 |
| 2025 | 67 | 578 |

## People named Conor

- Conor Gallagher, English association football player (born 2000)
- Conor Coady, English association football player
- Conor Washington, association football player
- Conor Maynard, British singer
- Conor Leslie, American actress
- Conor Oberst, American musician
- Conor Lamb, American politician and attorney (born 1984)
- Conor Casey, American soccer player and manager
- Conor Garland, American ice hockey player
- Conor Dwyer, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion
- Conor Leahy, Australian cyclist
- Conor Chaplin, English association football player (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.