Conor

Where Conor comes from

From Irish Conchúr, from Old Irish Conchobar (“lover of hounds”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Conor
  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #3,356 among boys, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.