Connell

maleStatistical record

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

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

Connell: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 18 years, it reached #231 in 2020, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#231highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Connell's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1257
1998	#1642
1999	#1130
2000	#1425
2001	#1286
2002	#1519
2004	#1878
2005	#2754
2006	#1744
2007	#3095
2008	#2507
2010	#4678
2013	#3315
2014	#2690
2015	#3004
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2018	#3959
2020	#1431
2021	#1595
2022	#1692
2023	#2007
2024	#1758

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 Republic of Ireland in 15 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #278 among boys in Scotland, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #430 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #231 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 1998–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Connell appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 24 ranked years and 205 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Connell across 3 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.

Connell'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	#232 (1964)	#232 (1964)	#829 (2025)	15 of 62	76 (1964–2025)	13 (2021)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1130 (1999)	#1758 (2024)	24 of 29	205 (1996–2024)	17 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#240 (1998)	#231 (2020)	#404 (2024)	7 of 27	35 (1998–2024)	8 (2020)

Connell by decade in England and Wales · 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 Connell in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000s	64	8 of 10	8
2010s	31	7 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Connell 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 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #231 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Connell'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	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	13	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#278	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #231, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 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.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
18 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#829position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
60 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 41 years or more →
17births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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.

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Conner · #131, 29y
Connie · #58, 69y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Alexandria · #230, 31y
Fallon · #230, 33y
Freja · #232, 30y
Kairo · #230, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Adil · #231, 50y
Dainius · #231, 26y
Claudine · #232, 28y
Criona · #232, 12y

Connell was ranked #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Connell 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 Connell without appearing here.

Connell moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1431 and #4608.
Glenn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1431 and #3848.
Graeme Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Connell

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #1440.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #2023.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1286 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #906.
Mathias Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #2211.

Moved the opposite way to Connell

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Connell went from #232 to #829 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Connell went from #232 to #829 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Connell went from #232 to #829 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Connell went from #232 to #829 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Connell

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Connell went from #232 to #829 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Connell went from #232 to #829 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Connell went from #232 to #829 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Connell went from #232 to #829 and Edward from #18 to #125.

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 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #231 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Connell

Connell at a glance

What stands out in Connell's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Connell across 3 official records

Connell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Connell appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Connell and the names beside it

Connell moved ahead of

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Connell at a glance

What stands out in Connell's record

Connell across 3 official records

Connell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Connell appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Connell

Connell and the names beside it

Connell moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Connell

Moved the opposite way to Connell

Moved the same way as Connell