Connell
Connell was given to 38 boys in 2025, #3,139 among boys’ names; 1,771 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,370 Americans named Connell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 13 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Connell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Connell?
#3,139 among boys’ names, 2025
Connell rose from #4,424 in 2015 to #3,139 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 11.5 to 22.2 per million.
46 babies in 2022, the peak
Connell peaked in 2022, when 46 boys were given it, #2,799 among boys’ names. The 38 births of 2025 are 83% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,139 | 22.2 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,404 | 19.7 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,303 | 21.0 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,799 | 26.3 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,925 | 24.0 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,503 | 18.0 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,023 | 14.5 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,219 | 6.1 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,970 | 10.3 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,423 | 6.9 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #4,424 | 11.5 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,919 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,832 | 10.0 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,152 | 12.7 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,249 | 12.1 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,091 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,302 | 11.6 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,813 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,398 | 10.6 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,896 | 8.8 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,325 | 7.5 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,627 | 9.1 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,449 | 9.1 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,462 | 12.9 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,171 | 7.2 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,080 | 9.7 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,121 | 5.2 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,921 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,758 | 9.5 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,035 | 12.7 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,311 | 7.4 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,156 | 5.7 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,261 | 10.2 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,235 | 10.0 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,834 | 7.4 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,205 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,059 | 6.5 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,738 | 6.8 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,622 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,175 | 5.4 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,849 | 9.2 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,704 | 3.3 |
| 1983 | 7 | #5,022 | 3.9 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,735 | 6.1 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,248 | 7.3 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,660 | 6.2 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,205 | 7.6 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,296 | 12.2 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,473 | 11.0 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,072 | 5.1 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,460 | 10.9 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,692 | 8.9 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,263 | 6.4 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,842 | 7.4 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,299 | 9.6 |
| 1970 | 20 | #2,006 | 10.8 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,569 | 6.7 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,153 | 4.6 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,917 | 9.7 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,902 | 9.5 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,931 | 9.1 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,742 | 10.5 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,357 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,456 | 14.0 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,160 | 7.1 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,591 | 12.2 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,763 | 9.8 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,735 | 9.9 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,898 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,337 | 15.6 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,617 | 11.2 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,333 | 15.7 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,681 | 10.6 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,523 | 12.9 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,784 | 9.6 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,665 | 11.2 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,046 | 7.9 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,890 | 9.1 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,133 | 3.8 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,704 | 11.1 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,278 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,499 | 6.6 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,770 | 5.6 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,749 | 12.3 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,514 | 7.3 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,355 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,190 | 9.9 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,685 | 7.2 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,013 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,083 | 11.6 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,777 | 15.4 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,783 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,063 | 7.1 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,893 | 7.7 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,902 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,663 | 5.5 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,072 | 4.6 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,789 | 5.4 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,556 | 9.8 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,621 | 9.9 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,848 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,352 | 4.6 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,938 | 5.5 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,266 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,488 | 11.3 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,919 | 9.2 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,156 | 7.9 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,910 | 9.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Connell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Connell has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 109 years of records.
Girls and boys named Connell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Connell, and how old are they?
1,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 1,771 Americans ever recorded as Connell. The median Connell alive today is 32 years old; half are between 13 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 1,094 people named Connell (49 women and girls, 1,045 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,228 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 36 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 278 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 204 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 206 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 284 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 360 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,549 babies since 1880, Connell is the most given (69% of them). In 2025 it was given to 38 of their 57 babies (67%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Connell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Connell and names like it
- Compare Connell and ConallBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
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- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Connell since 1910.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Connell.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Connell alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.