Boys' name · since 2006
Oconnor
Oconnor has 28 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,475 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
28 boys have been named Oconnor since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Oconnor has 28 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2020.
- #26,475 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 28 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oconnor ranks #26,475 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,475 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Oconnor's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Oconnor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oconnor splits its recorded history at 2018: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oconnor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2020
- Peak year (2015)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Oconnor by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Oconnor's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Oconnor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Oconnor's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oconnor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~14 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, 2006–2020 (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 Oconnor 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.