Konner
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Alternate Spelling: Conner.
- Origin
- American
About the Name Konner
Konner is a modern American respelling of Conner, itself a streamlined form of Connor — the popular name with Irish roots traditionally linked to ideas of being a "lover of hounds" or to strong devotion. Konner has no separate ancient etymology of its own; instead it reflects a contemporary impulse to reshape a familiar favorite with a bold K opening and a clean, phonetic look that feels personal and current.
That spelling choice gives the name a fresh, distinctive feel while preserving the warm, friendly two-syllable sound that made the wider Connor family so beloved across decades. It reads as casual and approachable, the kind of name designed to feel both instantly recognizable and one of a kind. For parents who loved the classic but wanted a twist, Konner offered exactly that balance of the familiar and the new.
Konner first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for boys in 2003 and climbed to its best rank of #729 in 2009. It held a spot through 2016, ranking #976 that year, after sitting at #835 in 2013 with 256 births. Across its run it accounts for 3,292 recorded births, placing it firmly within the wave of creatively spelled boys' names that flourished in the 2000s and 2010s. It offers a friendly, familiar sound with a fresh, individual spelling that stands out.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Konner
US Popularity History (2003–2016)
Annual US births named Konner by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2009 with 322 boys named Konner (boy rank #729 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2016, ranked #976 for boys (211 US births). That's 247 places below its 2009 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Konner Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Konner the strongest states are Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #442 | 36 |
| 2 | Arkansas | #477 | 20 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #526 | 23 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | #590 | 22 |
| 5 | Alabama | #636 | 35 |
| 6 | Indiana | #706 | 24 |
| 7 | South Carolina | #707 | 17 |
| 8 | Louisiana | #740 | 39 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #772 | 54 |
| 10 | Georgia | #833 | 41 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Konner in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Konner to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Konner against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).