Toney

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1888 · 16 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,416
since 1880

Toney over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Toney has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #484, 1888boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#10,9386
2023#8,2559
2022#10,8636
2021#9,7147
2020#7,50210
2019#8,2159
2018#8,8198
2017#8,8408
2016#6,05314
2015#7,49110
2014#5,99714
2013#7,53710
2012#4,68620
2011#5,20017
2010#4,67820
2009#5,33417
2008#8,3249
2007#3,79327
2006#4,37021
2005#4,32620
2004#4,12921
2003#3,83822
2002#2,75534
2001#2,79733
2000#3,64022
1999#3,98618
1998#2,71130
1997#2,44933
1996#2,25436
1995#1,88745
1994#10,5697#1,92743
1993#2,25734
1992#1,54657
1991#1,54556
1990#1,68548
1989#1,34966
1988#1,45153
1987#1,56345
1986#1,41949
1985#9,3076#1,26857
1984#1,21457
1983#1,34748
1982#9,2376#1,06473
1981#1,36248
1980#1,25854
1979#1,15461
1978#8,5626#1,35246
1977#1,31247
1976#1,17953
1975#9,0675#1,11457
1974#96971
1973#5,5809#1,01463
1972#82694
1971#8,3245#95872
1970#5,06110#773114
1969#7,4715#732114
1968#713111
1967#633141
1966#610148
1965#5,8176#646133
1964#6,0096#660138
1963#5,8916#627155
1962#6,5785#611159
1961#5,8516#579187
1960#5,1687#665139
1959#5,5666#597172
1958#619154
1957#738103
1956#714105
1955#5,8285#652128
1954#5,7535#74293
1953#4,2268#76586
1952#3,37211#85067
1951#4,3857#78181
1950#4,7386#85064
1949#5,2445#84266
1948#4,6516#89159
1947#4,3457#85466
1946#4,9605#78172
1945#86452
1944#93547
1943#4,1966#1,00644
1942#83960
1941#89850
1940#81858
1939#1,14132
1938#99241
1937#1,18031
1936#1,09535
1935#1,01140
1934#1,11635
1933#1,33025
1932#4,4115#1,23630
1931#1,23931
1930#1,69319
1929#1,17335
1928#1,01946
1927#1,19836
1926#1,26433
1925#1,05343
1924#1,07144
1923#1,12840
1922#4,0117#1,12040
1921#5,0995#1,06943
1920#1,04544
1919#94950
1918#97547
1917#86055
1916#1,13833
1915#4,2745#92545
1914#85540
1913#96926
1912#89225
1911#1,1909
1910#1,04510
1909#59020
1908#1,3735
1907#81511
1906#1,0047
1905#69912
1904#76010
1903#73410
1902#8628
1901#68310
1900#55519
1899#8577
1898#7449
1897#8527
1896#9007
1895
1894#56713
1893#7688
1892#8617
1891#56411
1890#62910
1889
1888#48416
1887#58310
1886#57811
1885#6419
1884#61310
1883#8925
1882#6918
1881#7816
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Toney was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Toney is popular in 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedKSArkansas: #374 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,806 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #393 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,755 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedMSAlabama: #487 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,987 boysALGeorgia: #502 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,008 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Toney, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#374 · 1 in 4,806
  2. South Carolina#393 · 1 in 5,755
  3. Alabama#487 · 1 in 7,987
  4. Georgia#502 · 1 in 9,008

Best ever in a state: #209 in West Virginia, 1967.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#37451 in 4,806
South Carolina#39351 in 5,755
Alabama#48751 in 7,987
Georgia#50251 in 9,008
Alaska
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Tennessee
Texas
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Vermont
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Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Toney
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 243 spots since 2024 (#10,938#10,695)
  • 3,193 spots since 2020 (#7,502#10,695)
  • 3,204 spots since 2015 (#7,491#10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 783 spots in 1909 (#1,373#590)
  • Biggest drop: 558 spots in 1908 (#815#1,373)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #484 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1944–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,553
  • Highest: 1 in 7,553 boys born in 1888 were named Toney (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Toney (1,425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s82#484 (1888)#668
1890s79#564 (1891)#749
1900s112#555 (1900)#808
1910s340#855 (1914)#980
1920s404#1,019 (1928)#1,114
1930s319#992 (1938)#1,203
1940s574#781 (1946)#873
1950s1,053#597 (1959)#731
1960s1,425#579 (1961)#648
1970s678#773 (1970)#1,065
1980s550#1,064 (1982)#1,330
1990s400#1,545 (1991)#2,225
2000s226#2,755 (2002)#4,331
2010s130#4,678 (2010)#6,752
2020s44#7,502 (2020)#9,661

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.

Toney in 1947

girls
#4,345
7 births · 1 in 253,252 girls
boys
#854
66 births · 1 in 27,721 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #4,345Toney7

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #854Toney66
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 253,252 of them was named Toney, which outranked 28.8% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toney
  1. #4,007Zelia8
  2. #4,007Zera8
  3. #4,007Zondra8
  4. #4,345Toney7
  5. #4,345Adora7
  6. #4,345Albertia7
  7. #4,345Albertina7
  8. #4,764Adine6
  9. #4,764Adlean6
  10. #4,764Adlene6

Tied with 418 names at #4,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 27,721 of them was named Toney, which outranked 80.0% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toney
  1. #842Rollie67
  2. #842Tyler67
  3. #842Zane67
  4. #854Toney66
  5. #854Elvis66
  6. #854Franklyn66
  7. #854Ike66
  8. #861Darnell65
  9. #861Ferdinand65
  10. #861Geary65

Tied with 6 names at #854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 1,271Brock#2,271#1,000
  2. 586Shawn#1,509#923
  3. 500Jed#1,475#975
  4. 358Jody#935#577
  5. 355Deryl#1,355#1,000
Fallers
  1. 497Hurley#952#1,449
  2. 393Prentice#878#1,271
  3. 362Darvin#935#1,297
  4. 310Lary#826#1,136
  5. 303Judith#856#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947