Connolly — unisex name
32 babies named Connolly in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Connolly was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Connolly in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Connolly
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Connolly between 2008 and 2022, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Connolly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Connolly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Connolly performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Connolly shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Connolly 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 32 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.
Connolly at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Connolly popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2008
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
32 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 7 births in a single year.
Connolly popularity over time — boys
23 total births recorded since 2010 (Connolly as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Connolly accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Connolly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17 births that decade — 53% of Connolly's all-time total
Connolly decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Connolly's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 2008–2022 (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.