How common is the name Connor?

208,374 people in the United States have the first name Connor, about 1 in 1,449. It ranks #268 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CONNOR

#268

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
208,374
About
1 in 1,449
This common or more
46.9%
Who bears it

Of the 208,374 people named Connor, 86.9% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Connor peaked in 2004, when 10,116 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
10,116
In 2025*
2,225 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 236,262 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Connor by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #77. The largest share of babies named Connor, 55.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,11431
1920s#7,70647
1930s#8,48023
1940s#6,92350
1950s#8,81739
1960s#7,12484
1970s#4,857233
1980s#1,0573,360
1990s#12258,389
2000s#7786,358
2010s#7868,465
2020s#19419,183
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9616.4%
Generation Z 1997–1255.8%
2013 and later27.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Connor is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Connor has been most common in New Hampshire (2.6×), Alaska (2.3×), and Nevada (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.44×).

234,092 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Connor, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Connor ranks #1,218 of 156,621, with 28,409 people. See Connor as a last name

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