Conan
2025 SSA
About Conan
The fierce image of the Barbarian made a complete turnaround thanks to amiable talk show host O'Brien, making Conan one of the newly desirable Irish choices, a perfect alternative to Conor/Connor.
In Gaelic, Conan was the name of an illustrious seventh-century Irish saint, bishop of the Isle of Man. Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Scotland, of Irish stock.
Pronounced KO-nun.
As of October 2026, Conan ranked #1678 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1088 in 1972, Nameberry popularity #992.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,672 | 45 | 23.4 |
| 2015 | #2,280 | 58 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | #2,095 | 67 | 35.3 |
| 2017 | #3,019 | 39 | 21.1 |
| 2018 | #2,423 | 54 | 29.7 |
| 2019 | #2,559 | 51 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | #2,193 | 63 | 36.5 |
| 2021 | #1,987 | 75 | 42.9 |
| 2022 | #2,472 | 56 | 32.1 |
| 2023 | #1,878 | 84 | 49.1 |
| 2024 | #2,010 | 76 | 44.1 |
| 2025 | #1,678 | 98 | 57.4 |
World rankings
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Conan on lists
Famous Conans
- Saint Conan
bishop of the Isle of Man and an Irish missionary
- Conan Meriadoc
legendary founder of Brittany
- Conan I
IV, Dukes of Brittany
- Conan Christopher O'Brien
American comedian and talk show host
- Conan
medieval Bishop of Cornwall
- Conan Gray
American YouTuber and Singer
- Arthur Conan Doyle
British novelist and creator of Sherlock Holmes
Conan in pop culture
- Conan the Barbarian
famous character created by Pulp writer Robert E. Howard in 1932. Comics, Movies, Video Games have been based on this character.
- Conan Antonio Motti
character in the Star Wars series
- Conan Edogawa
main character in anime "Case Closed" aka "Detective Conan"
- "Captain Conan
" novel by Roger Vercel and 1996 film