Loney
Last seen for girls in 1939 at #3,782 · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to boys 64.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 505since 1883
Loney over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
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| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Loney! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Loney
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1883–1903
- Highest: 1 in 14,904 boys born in 1903 were named Loney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 373,397 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #845 in 1886, was only 1 in 18,464 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.7% of all boys named Loney (130) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1939, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #845 (1886) | #869 |
| 1890s | 11 | #1,002 (1898) | #1,041 |
| 1900s | 20 | #846 (1903) | #1,095 |
| 1910s | 118 | #1,387 (1911) | #1,974 |
| 1920s | 130 | #1,959 (1927) | #2,366 |
| 1930s | 53 | #1,964 (1930) | #2,773 |
| 1940s | 65 | #2,386 (1942) | #2,931 |
| 1950s | 34 | #2,969 (1956) | #3,234 |
| 1960s | 33 | #2,900 (1961) | #3,516 |
| 1970s | 25 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,406 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,951 (1987) | #6,951 |
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.
Loney in 1903
Top girls' names in 1903
Top boys' names in 1903
More about 1903
girls
261,970 girls got a published name in 1903; 1 in 21,831 of them was named Loney, which outranked 50.7% of the 2,083 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #969Walter13
- #969Yolanda13
- #969Zelpha13
- #1,027Loney12
- #1,027Adda12
- #1,027Adelle12
- #1,027Aimee12
- #1,076Adel11
- #1,076Ailene11
- #1,076Alease11
Tied with 48 names at #1,027; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 14,904 of them was named Loney, which outranked 35.2% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).