Con

Boy · recorded 1892–1974

  • 1974last recorded
  • 1892best year

Most popular in 1892.

Last recorded in 1974. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Con.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1892

0254918921913193319541974

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 51 recorded years as a table
Con, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189249
190447
19156
19178
19189
19199
19208
19228
19236
19247
192512
19269
19274
19285
19295
19307
19319
19326
19335
193412
19355
19366
193810
19395
19405
19416
19424
19437
19445
19457
19466
19475
19486
19504
19516
19533
19545
19554
19563
19573
19582
19594
19605
19614
19623
19634
19643
19654
19673
19683
19743

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Con isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1974
5
Rank in 1974
#5,227
How rare
1 in 314,466 boys
Since 1892
389

Con was last recorded in 1974. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1892, at 49 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Con doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.