Connor — #136 US boys' name
232,322 babies named Connor in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.0% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Connor was born in this single decade.
10,049 babies were named Connor in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Connor
The Social Security Administration has registered 232,322 babies named Connor between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Connor currently holds the #136 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 10,049 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Connor performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 85,983 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Connor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20,001 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Connor in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Connor 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 232,322 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.
Connor at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Connor popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (2004)
- 10,049
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #136 among boys.
232,322 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 10,049 births in a single year.
Connor popularity over time — girls
1,702 total births recorded since 1980 (Connor as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Connor accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Connor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 85,983 births that decade — 37% of Connor's all-time total
Connor decade highlights
- Peak decade 85,983 births
- Runner-up 68,263 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Connor's strongest decade
85,983 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Connor by state
Where Connor concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20,001 | 8.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 13,776 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13,751 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 12,205 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 10,896 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 10,817 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10,441 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 9,236 | 4.0% |
20,001 of 232,322 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.9% of nationwide
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Connor appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1913–2024 (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.