Conway

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #1,287 for boys in 2025, 152 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,921
since 1881

Conway over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Conway has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #866, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,287152
2024#15,2935#1,530115
2023#1,681101
2022#1,91781
2021#13,4646#2,10968
2020#1,99671
2019#2,22862
2018#2,08368
2017#2,45052
2016#2,14564
2015#2,35555
2014#3,23434
2013#2,89539
2012#3,62529
2011#3,88526
2010#4,09924
2009#4,27823
2008#5,06718
2007#5,43416
2006#7,42710
2005#8,2998
2004#6,52011
2003#10,8945
2002#5,72512
2001#7,5368
2000#7,4168
1999#4,76214
1998#4,87313
1997#4,24615
1996#5,18711
1995#6,9927
1994#3,21521
1993#4,44713
1992#4,56412
1991#6,5197
1990#4,16713
1989#4,81110
1988#5,7517
1987
1986#3,00516
1985#3,80511
1984#3,70111
1983#3,07114
1982#3,48212
1981#3,85810
1980#2,96515
1979#2,77716
1978#2,79915
1977#2,36119
1976#2,82614
1975#1,83526
1974#2,94612
1973#2,40516
1972#2,02020
1971#1,82324
1970#2,05819
1969#2,30814
1968#2,10915
1967#2,9858
1966#2,04315
1965#1,80619
1964#1,72921
1963#1,95717
1962#2,11715
1961#1,68623
1960#1,69223
1959#1,97417
1958#1,89618
1957#2,09315
1956#1,72221
1955#2,04815
1954#1,82618
1953#1,55124
1952#2,01015
1951#1,72519
1950#1,70119
1949#1,75418
1948#1,70319
1947#1,78618
1946#1,38226
1945#1,27027
1944#1,98813
1943#1,39925
1942#1,94614
1941#1,75916
1940#1,62718
1939#1,45821
1938#1,47621
1937#1,68817
1936#1,87214
1935#1,29527
1934#1,60819
1933#1,31026
1932#1,65119
1931#1,12836
1930#1,60221
1929#1,17335
1928#1,35329
1927#1,11241
1926#1,19236
1925#1,20135
1924#93756
1923#1,27532
1922#1,18137
1921#1,22635
1920#1,32330
1919#1,38627
1918#1,28630
1917#1,39625
1916#1,30427
1915#1,41023
1914#1,60815
1913#1,44114
1912#1,7469
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,2776
1908
1907#1,2006
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903
1902#9337
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#8846
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Conway! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Conway
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 243 spots since 2024 (#1,530#1,287)
  • 709 spots since 2020 (#1,996#1,287)
  • 1,068 spots since 2015 (#2,355#1,287)
  • Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1924 (#1,275#937)
  • Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1925 (#937#1,201)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1924
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,237
  • Highest: 1 in 11,237 boys born in 2025 were named Conway (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #866 in 1881, was only 1 in 20,147 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Conway (588) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#866 (1881)#866
1890s6#884 (1890)#884
1900s29#933 (1902)#1,135
1910s176#1,286 (1918)#1,457
1920s366#937 (1924)#1,197
1930s221#1,128 (1931)#1,509
1940s194#1,270 (1945)#1,661
1950s181#1,551 (1953)#1,855
1960s170#1,686 (1961)#2,043
1970s181#1,823 (1971)#2,385
1980s106#2,965 (1980)#3,828
1990s126#3,215 (1994)#4,897
2000s119#4,278 (2009)#6,860
2010s453#2,083 (2018)#2,900
2020s588#1,287 (2025)#1,753

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Conway in 1902

boys
#933
7 births · 1 in 17,523 boys

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #933Conway7
More about 1902

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 17,523 of them was named Conway, which outranked 29.3% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Conway
  1. #862Wilhelm8
  2. #862Willam8
  3. #862Zeb8
  4. #933Conway7
  5. #933Alfonzo7
  6. #933Alonza7
  7. #933Arden7
  8. #1,013Alcide6
  9. #1,013Alejandro6
  10. #1,013Arlington6

Tied with 79 names at #933; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 551Judge#1,058#507
  2. 522Ottis#1,058#536
  3. 502Lonzo#1,058#556
  4. 475Eldred#1,058#583
  5. 468Rogers#943#475
Fallers
  1. 541Carmen#596#1,137
  2. 541Alf#596#1,137
  3. 541Orrin#596#1,137
  4. 528Davis#334#862
  5. 500Guadalupe#433#933

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1902