Conlan

Conlan was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies).

Conlan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Conlan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandUS
Conlan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#8,243 (9)—#441 (7)#270 (6)——
2024#7,765 (10)—#268 (15)#278 (6)——
2023#6,220 (14)—#482 (6)#272 (6)#770 (3)—
2022#6,828 (12)#4,790 (3)#392 (8)#234 (8)——
2021#5,338 (17)#4,789 (3)#401 (8)———
2020#4,855 (19)#3,334 (5)#536 (5)#334 (4)——
2019#4,337 (23)—#334 (10)#242 (8)——
2018#5,106 (18)—#433 (7)#365 (4)——
2017#4,224 (24)#3,996 (4)#333 (11)#415 (3)——
2016#4,624 (21)—#442 (7)#421 (3)——
2015#3,513 (31)—#588 (4)—#699 (3)—
2014#4,138 (24)#4,632 (3)#680 (3)#398 (3)——
2013#3,582 (29)—————
2012#2,905 (40)—#434 (7)———
2011#3,434 (31)#4,647 (3)#386 (8)——#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #2,325.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Conlan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 230,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 180,000 to 1 in 290,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ConlanCanadaBoys—too few
ConlanEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ConlanIrelandBoys—too few
ConlanNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
ConlanScotlandBoys#4417
ConlanUSBoys#8,2439