Connelly — #9170 US unisex name
230 babies named Connelly in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Connelly was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Connelly in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Connelly
The Social Security Administration has registered 230 babies named Connelly between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Connelly currently holds the #9170 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Connelly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 117 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Connelly performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Connelly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Connelly in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 230 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Connelly at a glance
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Current rank
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Connelly popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2020)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #9170 among girls.
230 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 22 births in a single year.
Connelly popularity over time — boys
117 total births recorded since 1992 (Connelly as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Connelly accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Connelly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 106 births that decade — 46% of Connelly's all-time total
Connelly decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Connelly's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.