Boy name#659 of boy names
Conor
Pronounced K OW1 N AO1 R (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1993
- 64 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Conor?
Conor is a boys' name, and first appears in 1961. It has been given to 27,458 children — the 659th most common boys' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 46% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 1993, when 1,257 children were given it.
Konor is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Conor and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Konor
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K OW1 N AO1 R
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Conor
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Conor
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Conor?
- Conor ranks 659th among boys' names in US records, with 27,458 births since 1961. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,419.
- Is Conor a unisex name?
- No. Conor is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Conor most popular?
- 1993, when 1,257 children were given the name. It has been in use for 64 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Conor spelled?
- Konor. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.