Konan

#4,326 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Konan has been given to 145 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #4,326 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 24 recorded.

Babies named Konan, 2025

1 in 138,000

Konan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Konan: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Konan means

Konan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Konan is used in Breton.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 145 boys were recorded with the name Konan between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,326 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,141 in 2020 to #4,326 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,492 in 2015 to #4,326 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Konan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 138,000; 24 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 71,200; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,326; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 95,747 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Konan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 95,747 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Konan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Konans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Konan was born before 2021 — so the typical Konan is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 60.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 145; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 60.7% of all recorded uses (88).

Is Konan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,740; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,815; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +7,166; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 4.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (24)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,326; 2025

Spellings of Konan

Konan is not the most common spelling — Logan is, with 36.9% against Konan's 0.01%.

Logan36.9%387,999
Nolan12.9%135,505
Roman9.9%104,653
Jonah8.1%85,283
Rowan4.8%50,628
Jonas2.7%28,560
Ronan2.0%20,679
Keenan1.7%18,176

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Konan around the world

Where Konan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2015–2025
#3,684
in 2025
France
1983–2025
#4,477
in 2025
South Australia
1987–1995
#533
in 1995

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Konan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,326
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,815
Best rank ever: #4,326; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 24 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 145
Count in 2025: 24

Names similar to Konan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hanan Senan Afnan Jonan Kona Canan Konor Konnar Kaenan Finan Kinan Renan Keinan Sinan Chanan Rhonan Anan Kaynan Rohnan Caynan Cannan Kannan Tynan Koner

Sibling names for Konan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leonor Anabel Adelle Annabell Eloisa Leigha Hayleigh Shoshana

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander Henri

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