Given name & surname · also English
Conroy
“a stately woman”·“a wise advisor”
Conroy is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a stately woman” (English) and “a wise advisor” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a stately woman” (English) and “a wise advisor” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with English and Irish naming traditions.
How it developed
From Irish Ó Conraoi (“descendant of Cú Raoi”), from Irish Ó Conaire (“descendant of Conaire”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Conroy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 312
- 312 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,415 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +64%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,415 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 605 as a first name in 2020; 15,823 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.
Conroy’s family of names
Conroy has a related form in Conroi. Conroy has a related form in Conroye. In English usage, Conroy as a surname has a related form in Connery.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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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