girls:
219 births since 1991
#5497 (4th percentile)
boys:
117 births since 1992
#4469 (2nd percentile)
overall:
336 births since 1991
#7403 (4th percentile)
The name Connelly is the #7,403 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 336 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,497 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 219 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,469 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 117 births since 1992.
Connelly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Connelly is available in 27 out of the 33 years between 1991 and 2023 (20 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Connelly has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (65.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Connelly were girls.
For girls, Connelly reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #923) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Connelly ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 68.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Connelly reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #894) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Connelly".
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