How Many People Are Named Conan?
people named Conan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 149,055 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,438 babies named Conan in Social Security records from 1923 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
98 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from Gaelic cú "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the author who wrote the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Conan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Conan alive today is about 27 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Conan first appears in the records in 1923, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 98 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Conan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,087, in 1972. In 2025 it ranked #1,678.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,678 |
| Best rank | #1,087 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,565 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Conan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Conan were born in California than in any other state: about 281 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Conan was given about 4.8 times as often in California.
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