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
#484
1888 · 16 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #484, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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.

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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 1973

girls
#5,580
9 births · 1 in 162,023 girls
boys
#1,014
63 births · 1 in 24,739 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #5,580Toney9

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #1,014Toney63
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 162,023 of them was named Toney, which outranked 43.1% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toney
  1. #5,191Yvetta10
  2. #5,191Zoie10
  3. #5,191Zuri10
  4. #5,580Toney9
  5. #5,580Adelaide9
  6. #5,580Adella9
  7. #5,580Afi9
  8. #6,080Abril8
  9. #6,080Adine8
  10. #6,080Adrienna8

Tied with 499 names at #5,580; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 24,739 of them was named Toney, which outranked 82.7% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toney
  1. #1,006Tate64
  2. #1,006Uriah64
  3. #1,006Whitney64
  4. #1,014Toney63
  5. #1,014Bruno63
  6. #1,014Cristobal63
  7. #1,014Dedric63
  8. #1,023Dejuan62
  9. #1,023Domenic62
  10. #1,023Duke62

Tied with 8 names at #1,014; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →