Boys' name · since 1915
Conner
56,395 babies named Conner in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #467 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #864 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56,395
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Conner is the #864 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 56,395 recorded since 1915.
Conner has 56,395 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #864 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #467 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #864 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 56,395 born since 1915
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Conner ranks #467 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #864 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 56,395 born since 1915, peaking in the 2000s.
- #467 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #864 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56,395
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Conner's 56,395 recorded births place it above 98.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Conner compares
56,395 Top 4% higher than 96% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Conner's all-time total is 153x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Conner | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56,395 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 3,207 | 34 | 22,252 |
Conner's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Conner splits its recorded history at 1983: 99% of all births land in the more recent half, 1% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 3,207 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Conner popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 3,207
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Conner popularity over time - girls
867 total births recorded since 1990 (Conner as girls' name)
Conner by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (24,931 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Conner's strongest decade.
24,931 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Conner births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 39
1910s
39 births
- 1920s 48
1920s
48 births
- 1930s 50
1930s
50 births
- 1940s 44
1940s
44 births
- 1950s 35
1950s
35 births
- 1960s 36
1960s
36 births
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s 691
1980s
691 births
- 1990s
1990s
12,632 births
- 2000s
2000s
24,931 births
- 2010s
2010s
15,206 births
- 2020s 2,644
2020s
2,644 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 24,931 births (44% of all-time use).
How Conner compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Conner's total volume
Conner by state
Where Conner concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,119 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,059 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,664 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 2,357 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 2,271 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 2,271 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 2,014 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Washington | | 1,956 | 3.5% |
4,119 of 56,395 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Conner appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Conner's data
- Conner's decade-level peak was the 2000s (24,931 total births); usage has since declined to 2,644 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Conners (4,119 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Conner: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
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, 1915–2025 (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 Conner 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.