Conor
- Pronunciation
- [Co-nor]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Strong Willed Or Wise
- Origin
- Irish
About the Name Conor
Conor is the Irish original spelling of Connor (see separate entries on Connor and Conner for the Old Irish Conchobhar etymology meaning "hound-lover" — the legendary king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology). The single-N Conor spelling is the historically traditional Irish form.
The various spellings (Conor, Connor, Conner, Konnor) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Irish name. The Conor spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking the most-traditional Irish form. Notable bearers include Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor (Conor Anthony McGregor, born 1988, the iconic Irish UFC champion whose career through 2013–present made him one of the foundational figures of contemporary international combat sports); American basketball player Conor Daly; and the contemporary Irish actor Conor MacNeill.
Conor has been continuously used in Irish-American naming for over a century. The name climbed into the US top 300 boys' rank by 2008 and the top 300 since. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the traditional Irish-Gaelic spelling, the in-built Conchobhar mythological pedigree, and the popular two-syllable -or ending. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as both classical-Irish and contemporary American with the strong Conor McGregor sports cultural anchor. Common nicknames Con (the dominant short form, casual and warm), Connie, and the rare Or each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Connor (the more popular American form), Conner, and Konnor have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Conchobhar (Old Irish original) and the broader Connor/Conor family across Celtic-speaking countries.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Conor
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Conor by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2017 with 1,130 boys named Conor (boy rank #308 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #845 for boys (292 US births). That's 537 places below its 2017 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.
Paste the snippet below on any HTML page. Includes a credit link back to 9BabyNames — please keep it intact.
Where in the US Is Conor 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 Conor the strongest states are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | #160 | 400 |
| 2 | Rhode Island | #175 | 40 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | #188 | 35 |
| 4 | Connecticut | #216 | 143 |
| 5 | Maine | #240 | 20 |
| 6 | West Virginia | #240 | 64 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | #291 | 453 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #306 | 284 |
| 9 | New York | #318 | 575 |
| 10 | New Mexico | #339 | 25 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #765 | 293 |
| 2 | Georgia | #664 | 99 |
| 3 | Indiana | #600 | 112 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | #554 | 22 |
| 5 | Alabama | #552 | 49 |
| 6 | California | #547 | 664 |
| 7 | Arizona | #546 | 135 |
| 8 | South Carolina | #538 | 66 |
| 9 | Missouri | #529 | 102 |
| 10 | Louisiana | #525 | 28 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Conor in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Famous People Named Conor
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Conor.
- Conor Oberst — Folk Singer (1980)
Looking for names like Conor?
A dedicated page with 60+ related names — spelling variants, rhymes, alliterations, same-origin matches, and shared meaning concepts — lives at its own URL so each kind of similarity gets a deeper treatment than fits here.
Compare Conor to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Conor against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).