Conor

Where Conor comes from

From Irish Conchúr, from Old Irish Conchobar (“lover of hounds”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Conor
  • Irish
Conor through the years
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #3,356 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Conor McGregor born
    Irish boxer and mixed martial arts fighter
  3. 1993
    Peak, #232
    1,250 babies named Conor, the most in any year.
  4. 2000
    Conor Gallagher born
    English association football player
  5. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #455.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Conor McGregor · Irish boxer and mixed martial arts fighter, born 1988
  • Conor Gallagher · English association football player, born 2000
  • Conor Coady · English association football player, born 1993
  • Conor Bradley · Northern Irish association football player, born 2003

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.