Conner

Meaning: “inspector of weights and measures”
Origin: Middle English — From the surname, from connere

Origin: Irish — Variant of Connor

Boy's name · #864 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Conner's best rank, #127, came in 2005; it has stepped well back to #864 today. Roughly 56,000 boys have been named Conner since 1915.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,001 in Canada (2024).

Famous Conners

Conner Prince — American sport shooter
Conner Henry — American basketball player-coach
Conner Frankamp — American basketball player
Conner Rousseau — Belgian politician
Conner Bleackley — Canadian ice hockey player

In stories & tradition

Conner Kent — Superman (comics)
Conner Cooper — Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (video game)

What Conners become

Among 68 notable people named Conner:

Sports figures appear 3.22× more often than among typical names — e.g. Conner Prince, American sport shooter.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Connor (#166) and Conor (#845), Conner would rank around #130 with about 2,800 births last year — the newborns split about 79/11/10 across Connor, Conor, and Conner.

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