Boys' name · since 1892
Con
Con has 389 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,175 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 389
- born since 1892
- 1940s
- peak decade
Con sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 389 recorded since 1892.
Con has 389 recorded births among boys since 1892, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 1974.
- #9,175 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 389 born since 1892
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Con ranks #9,175 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 389 born since 1892, peaking in the 1940s.
- #9,175 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 389
- born since 1892
- 1940s
- peak decade
Con's 389 recorded births place it above 79.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Con's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Con's SSA record in two at 1941 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1925 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Con popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–1974
- Peak year (1925)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Con by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (75 births, 19% of the file).
1940s was Con's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Con births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
30 births
- 1920s
1920s
71 births
- 1930s
1930s
68 births
- 1940s
1940s
75 births
- 1950s
1950s
70 births
- 1960s
1960s
58 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 75 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Con's decade-level peak was the 1940s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Con: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1892–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Con draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.