Connor

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Connor is an Irish male given name, anglicised from the compound Irish word Conchobhar, meaning "lover of hounds", or "lover of wolves".

From Wikipedia

Connor first appears in the data in 1913 and has been recorded in 94 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 10,049 babies (rank #38 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,606 boys (rank #136). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Connor

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Connor yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

234,024
Total babies (all years)
94
Years in the data
10,049
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19137#2,315
19158#2,870
19166#3,582
19175#4,097
19195#4,282
192010#2,807
19219#3,026
19226#3,942
19237#3,531
19249#3,068
19276#3,857
19305#4,108
19376#3,235
19387#2,918
19395#3,586
19415#3,597
19426#3,285
19436#3,283
19455#3,407
19466#3,239
19475#3,825
19488#2,823
19499#2,645
19506#3,388
19516#3,415
19535#3,914
19545#3,927
19559#2,803
19578#3,065
196010#2,718
19615#4,181
19625#4,157
19635#4,151
196410#2,695
19657#3,294
19669#2,810
19677#3,302
196811#2,598
196915#2,230
19709#3,323
197117#2,300
197217#2,262
19737#4,142
197411#3,172
197516#2,554
197618#2,437
197725#1,956
197857#1,177
197964#1,119
198077#1,031
198195#923
198289#953
1983141#726
1984157#697
1985177#662
1986276#536
1987584#342
1988785#294
1989936#266
19901,377#221
19912,462#133
19924,609#80
19936,453#57
19946,318#59
19956,619#55
19966,911#54
19977,140#52
19987,906#47
19997,597#48
20007,529#50
20018,082#49
20028,409#47
20039,670#43
200410,049#38
20059,321#48
20068,676#53
20078,330#55
20087,816#57
20098,101#52
20108,051#49
20117,410#54
20126,982#59
20137,116#56
20147,231#52
20156,769#55
20167,037#54
20176,421#56
20186,086#58
20195,160#68
20204,413#78
20213,764#98
20223,210#118
20232,859#126
20242,606#136