Boys' name · since 1981
Connery
145 babies named Connery in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,966 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
145 boys have been named Connery since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Connery has been recorded 145 times among boys since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2013.
- #14,966 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 145 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Connery ranks #14,966 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,966 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Connery's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Connery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Connery's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Connery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2013
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Connery by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (67 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Connery's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Connery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 67 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Connery's decade-level peak was the 2000s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- 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 Connery: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1981–2013 (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 Connery 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.