Connaire

maleStatistical record

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

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

Connaire: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #272, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#272highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Connaire's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–1999

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#2859
1999	#2943

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Northern Ireland in 8 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 1999: #277 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2943 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #272 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Connaire appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, with 8 ranked years and 25 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 1996.

Connaire 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.

Connaire'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
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#272 (1998)	#404 (2024)	8 of 27	25 (1998–2024)	4 (2013)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1235 (1996)	#2943 (1999)	3 of 4	16 (1996–1999)	10 (1996)

Connaire by decade in Northern 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 Connaire in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	10	3 of 10	3
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Connaire 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Connaire'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
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #272, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#404position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
2 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

Conleth · #169, 37y
Conn · #150, 44y
Connall · #369, 15y
Connell · #231, 30y

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.

Scot · #271, 14y
Bosco · #280, 13y
Feilim · #264, 13y
Caoilte · #281, 9y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Allister · #272, 17y
Donovan · #272, 29y
Gethin · #272, 27y
Izabella · #272, 30y

Connaire was ranked #272 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1998. 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.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Connaire

Connaire at a glance

What stands out in Connaire's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Connaire across 2 official records

Connaire by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Connaire appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Connaire

Connaire at a glance

What stands out in Connaire's record

Connaire across 2 official records

Connaire by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Connaire appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Connaire