How Many People Are Named Con?
An estimated 162 people in the United States have the first name Con. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 73 years old, and Con peaked in popularity in 1925 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Con as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Con paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 73, Con is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1963.
Estimated Living Americans
162
About 1 in 2,115,768 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
73
years old
Peak Year
1925
13 births
Total Registered
389
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Con
Con is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 389 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Con as a male name
Ranked #5,356 in 1974
5 male births in 1974
Peak: 1925 (13 births)
Con: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Con span from the 1890s to the 1970s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1940s, when 75 babies were registered. Con has declined significantly from its peak in the 1940s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Con by Decade
How has Con tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Con + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Con as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Con
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Con: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Con?
We estimate approximately 162 people named Con are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,115,768 Americans share this first name.
Is Con a common name?
Con is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 389 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Con most popular?
Con reached peak popularity in 1925, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Con is approximately 73 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Con a male name?
Con is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Con Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Con Smith, Con Johnson, Con Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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