boy's name

Connell

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 2,236

Scotland

#279

2024 births

Connell is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2022, when 46 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 87,252 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Connell over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Connell by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 22
1920s 79
1930s 97
1940s 118
1950s 232
1960s 195
1970s 149
1980s 110
1990s 158
2000s 187
2010s 197
2020s (to 2025) 227

How popular is Connell?

In 2025, Connell was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Connell is used

Scotland #279 14 in 2024
Northern Ireland #426 3 in 2024
Ireland #879 3 in 2025
England & Wales #2,030 12 in 2025
United States #3,131 38 in 2025
Canada #3,229 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Connell

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Connell also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Connell over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Connell

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Connell — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Connell

How popular is the name Connell?

In 2025, Connell was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Connell a girl's or a boy's name?

Connell is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Connell?

Connell has 2 syllables.

When was Connell most popular?

Connell peaked in 2022, when 46 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Connell a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Connell currently ranks #279 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.