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
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,416since 1880
Toney over time
Rank among boys' names. Toney has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,678 | 20 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,755 | 34 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,797 | 33 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,640 | 22 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,449 | 33 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,254 | 36 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,887 | 45 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,927 | 43 |
| 1993 | — | #2,257 | 34 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,546 | 57 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,545 | 56 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,685 | 48 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,349 | 66 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,451 | 53 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,563 | 45 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,419 | 49 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #1,268 | 57 |
| 1984 | — | #1,214 | 57 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,347 | 48 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #1,064 | 73 |
| 1981 | — | #1,362 | 48 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,258 | 54 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,154 | 61 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,352 | 46 |
| 1977 | — | #1,312 | 47 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,179 | 53 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,114 | 57 |
| 1974 | — | #969 | 71 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #1,014 | 63 |
| 1972 | — | #826 | 94 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #958 | 72 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #773 | 114 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #732 | 114 |
| 1968 | — | #713 | 111 | |
| 1967 | — | #633 | 141 | |
| 1966 | — | #610 | 148 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #646 | 133 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #660 | 138 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #627 | 155 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #611 | 159 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #579 | 187 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #665 | 139 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #597 | 172 |
| 1958 | — | #619 | 154 | |
| 1957 | — | #738 | 103 | |
| 1956 | — | #714 | 105 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #652 | 128 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #742 | 93 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #765 | 86 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #850 | 67 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #781 | 81 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #850 | 64 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #842 | 66 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #891 | 59 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #854 | 66 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #781 | 72 |
| 1945 | — | #864 | 52 | |
| 1944 | — | #935 | 47 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #1,006 | 44 |
| 1942 | — | #839 | 60 | |
| 1941 | — | #898 | 50 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,011 | 40 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,116 | 35 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,236 | 30 |
| 1931 | — | #1,239 | 31 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,173 | 35 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,019 | 46 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,198 | 36 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,264 | 33 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,053 | 43 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,071 | 44 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,128 | 40 | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #1,120 | 40 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #949 | 50 | |
| 1918 | — | #975 | 47 | |
| 1917 | — | #860 | 55 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,138 | 33 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #925 | 45 |
| 1914 | — | #855 | 40 | |
| 1913 | — | #969 | 26 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #555 | 19 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #484 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1944–1972
- 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%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Toney (1,425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | #484 (1888) | #668 |
| 1890s | 79 | #564 (1891) | #749 |
| 1900s | 112 | #555 (1900) | #808 |
| 1910s | 340 | #855 (1914) | #980 |
| 1920s | 404 | #1,019 (1928) | #1,114 |
| 1930s | 319 | #992 (1938) | #1,203 |
| 1940s | 574 | #781 (1946) | #873 |
| 1950s | 1,053 | #597 (1959) | #731 |
| 1960s | 1,425 | #579 (1961) | #648 |
| 1970s | 678 | #773 (1970) | #1,065 |
| 1980s | 550 | #1,064 (1982) | #1,330 |
| 1990s | 400 | #1,545 (1991) | #2,225 |
| 2000s | 226 | #2,755 (2002) | #4,331 |
| 2010s | 130 | #4,678 (2010) | #6,752 |
| 2020s | 44 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 255,310 of them was named Toney, which outranked 25.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,649Yomaira7
- #7,649Yoshika7
- #7,649Yumeka7
- #8,562Toney6
- #8,562Aba6
- #8,562Adama6
- #8,562Adebola6
- #9,750Abena5
- #9,750Abigayle5
- #9,750Abrian5
Tied with 1,187 names at #8,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 35,692 of them was named Toney, which outranked 80.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,326Seamus47
- #1,326Walker47
- #1,326Woody47
- #1,352Toney46
- #1,352Benedict46
- #1,352Bucky46
- #1,352Fermin46
- #1,371Anthoney45
- #1,371Cassidy45
- #1,371Chaz45
Tied with 18 names at #1,352; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.