Connla

maleStatistical record

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

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

Connla: Recorded since 2009, it reached #163 in 2022, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#163highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2009–2024

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#329
2014	#346
2015	#314
2016	#320
2017	#363
2018	#319
2019	#274
2020	#334
2021	#226
2022	#163
2023	#249
2024	#177

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 Northern Ireland in 12 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

In 2018: #319 among boys in Northern Ireland, #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2009–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #329 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #163 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2009–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Connla appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 2009, and has registered 78 births with the name.

Connla 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.

Connla'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	#329 (2009)	#163 (2022)	#177 (2024)	12 of 16	78 (2009–2024)	13 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#713 (2016)	#577 (2025)	#577 (2025)	3 of 10	11 (2016–2025)	5 (2025)

Connla 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 Connla in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	29	6 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	45	5 of 10	9

Across Northern Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Connla 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 2009 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #163 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Connla'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	#177	12	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	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 2009 and 2025, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #163, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 7 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.

Connie-Rae · #2504, 11y
Connie-Rose · #2901, 15y
Connor · #11, 61y
Conor · #1, 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.

Saerlaith · #166, 13y
Alphonsus · #155, 16y
Shaunna · #154, 18y
Rionach · #178, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Maci · #163, 24y
Liyana · #164, 21y
Eleah · #166, 19y
Inaaya · #159, 21y

Connla was ranked #163 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2022. 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.

Connla 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 Connla without appearing here.

Connla moved ahead of

Jordan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #249 and #249 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #177 and #404.
Brendan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #334 and #213 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #226 and #433.
Jan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #334 and #334 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #226 and #433.
Ross Compare
In 2020 they stood at #334 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #226 and #433.

Moved ahead of Connla

Theodore Compare
In 2013 they stood at #329 and #390 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #346 and #184.
Hugo Compare
In 2013 they stood at #329 and #390 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #346 and #191.
Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #319 and #416 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #274 and #178.

Moved the opposite way to Connla

Aaron Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Connla went from #329 to #177 while Aaron went from #14 to #187.
Adam Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Connla went from #329 to #177 while Adam went from #6 to #38.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Connla went from #329 to #177 while Alex went from #31 to #108.
Andrew Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Connla went from #329 to #177 while Andrew went from #54 to #216.

Moved the same way as Connla

Alfie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Connla went from #329 to #177 and Alfie from #46 to #17.
Archie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Connla went from #329 to #177 and Archie from #125 to #20.
Arthur Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Connla went from #329 to #177 and Arthur from #293 to #16.
Beau Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Connla went from #329 to #177 and Beau from #329 to #164.

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 2009 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #163 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Connla

Connla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Connla across 2 official records

Connla by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

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Connla across 2 official records

Connla by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Connla and the names beside it

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