Conner

What Conner means

Variant of Connor, meaning “lover of hounds”

variant of Connor || The first name is from Irish Conchúr, Conchobhar, from Old Irish Conchobar (“lover of hounds”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Conner” (revision 93487063) and “Connor” (revision 91731066), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Conner?

US: Falling: down from #256 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1236 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2005, when 3,207 boys got the name (#127 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 6,166 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (0.81 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.51 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Conner is #864 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.9% of US babies named Conner were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Connor2,211 US · 152 E&W
• Gunner597 US · 3 E&W
• Conor292 US · 67 E&W
• Konnor52 US
• Konner42 US
• Kenner15 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Connor
• Conor

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Conner

Boys

• Gage#973Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 2,939 babies; 235 in 2025
• Drake#827“dragon”^*
• Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”^*
• Donovan#495“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”^*
• Brady#321“broad + eye”^*
• Chase#192Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2009, with 7,394 babies; 1,904 in 2025

For a sister

• Mckenzie#576Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 2,528 babies; 517 in 2025
• Macy#718Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,483 babies; 390 in 2025
• Mackenzie#228“son, descendant + of Coinneach”^*
• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
• Kendall#328“spring + valley”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Conner’s. Rank is US 2025.