Given name & surname
Conlan
“a hero”
Conlan is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a hero.”
How it developed
In English usage, Conlan as a surname developed from Conall.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Conlan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 914
- 914 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,385 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,385 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 50 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 816 as a first name in 2020; 1,913 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Conlan’s family of names
In English usage, Conlan as a surname developed from Conall. Conlan has a related form in Conlin. Conlan has a related form in Conlen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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