Con

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Con: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Con: Recorded since 1988, it reached #296 in 2021, and it stood at #329 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
38years from first to last
#296highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2022–2024

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2022	#414
2024	#404

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 23 of the 38 years from 1988 to 2025.

In 2024: #374 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1988–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1988
First recorded at #319 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1988 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1988–2025
Highest recorded position: #296 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1988–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #329 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Con appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1988, and has registered 143 births with the name.

Con across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Con's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#319 (1988)	#296 (2021)	#329 (2025)	23 of 38	143 (1988–2025)	15 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#414 (2022)	#404 (2024)	#404 (2024)	2 of 3	6 (2022–2024)	3 (2022)

Con by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Con in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	24	6 of 10	4
2010s	43	8 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	67	6 of 10	11

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Con appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1988 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #296 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Con's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	11	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified

Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1988 and 2025, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #296, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Conal · #109, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Leeanne · #297, 24y
Atticus · #298, 27y
Bernie · #298, 24y
Krish · #294, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Ciana · #295, 34y
Meagan · #295, 33y
Robel · #293, 34y
Amalia · #300, 33y

Con was ranked #296 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Con and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Con without appearing here.

Con moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #374 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #329 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #374 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #329 and #829.
Graham Compare
In 2022 they stood at #635 and #635 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #343 and #770.
Phillip Compare
In 2023 they stood at #635 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #374 and #785.

Moved ahead of Con

Riley Compare
In 2006 they stood at #439 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #309.
Alfie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #312 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #439 and #299.
Hudson Compare
In 2016 they stood at #448 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #443 and #317.
Lachlan Compare
In 2021 they stood at #296 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #429 and #306.

Moved the same way as Con

Brodie Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Con went from #601 to #329 and Brodie from #529 to #223.
Cooper Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Con went from #601 to #329 and Cooper from #601 to #198.
Finley Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Con went from #601 to #329 and Finley from #346 to #159.
Arlo Compare
Between 2009 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Con went from #701 to #329 and Arlo from #472 to #54.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1988 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #296 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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Con across 2 official records

Con by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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