Conner

Where Conner comes from

The dictionaries list Conner as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,621 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Conner Henry born
    American basketball player-coach
  3. 2000
    Conner Prince born
    American sport shooter
  4. 2005
    Peak, #127
    3,207 babies named Conner — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #256.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Conner Prince · American sport shooter, born 2000
  • Conner Henry · American basketball player-coach, born 1963
  • Conner Frankamp · American basketball player, born 1995
  • Conner Rousseau · Belgian politician, born 1992
  • Conner Bleackley · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.