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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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.

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 1975

girls
#9,067
5 births · 1 in 291,572 girls
boys
#1,114
57 births · 1 in 27,392 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #9,067Toney5

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #1,114Toney57
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 291,572 of them was named Toney, which outranked 14.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toney
  1. #7,984Zenda6
  2. #7,984Zona6
  3. #7,984Zsazsa6
  4. #9,067Toney5
  5. #9,067Aaren5
  6. #9,067Abel5
  7. #9,067Abraham5

Tied with 1,551 names at #9,067; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 27,392 of them was named Toney, which outranked 82.4% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toney
  1. #1,099Orion58
  2. #1,099Rueben58
  3. #1,099Sandro58
  4. #1,114Toney57
  5. #1,114Coleman57
  6. #1,114Damen57
  7. #1,114Dannie57
  8. #1,127Antwain56
  9. #1,127Caesar56
  10. #1,127Gabe56

Tied with 12 names at #1,114; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975