Conway

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #1,287 for boys in 2025, 152 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,921
since 1881

Conway over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Conway has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #866, 1881boys
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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—#1,287152
2024#15,2935#1,530115
2023—#1,681101
2022—#1,91781
2021#13,4646#2,10968
2020—#1,99671
2019—#2,22862
2018—#2,08368
2017—#2,45052
2016—#2,14564
2015—#2,35555
2014—#3,23434
2013—#2,89539
2012—#3,62529
2011—#3,88526
2010—#4,09924
2009—#4,27823
2008—#5,06718
2007—#5,43416
2006—#7,42710
2005—#8,2998
2004—#6,52011
2003—#10,8945
2002—#5,72512
2001—#7,5368
2000—#7,4168
1999—#4,76214
1998—#4,87313
1997—#4,24615
1996—#5,18711
1995—#6,9927
1994—#3,21521
1993—#4,44713
1992—#4,56412
1991—#6,5197
1990—#4,16713
1989—#4,81110
1988—#5,7517
1987——
1986—#3,00516
1985—#3,80511
1984—#3,70111
1983—#3,07114
1982—#3,48212
1981—#3,85810
1980—#2,96515
1979—#2,77716
1978—#2,79915
1977—#2,36119
1976—#2,82614
1975—#1,83526
1974—#2,94612
1973—#2,40516
1972—#2,02020
1971—#1,82324
1970—#2,05819
1969—#2,30814
1968—#2,10915
1967—#2,9858
1966—#2,04315
1965—#1,80619
1964—#1,72921
1963—#1,95717
1962—#2,11715
1961—#1,68623
1960—#1,69223
1959—#1,97417
1958—#1,89618
1957—#2,09315
1956—#1,72221
1955—#2,04815
1954—#1,82618
1953—#1,55124
1952—#2,01015
1951—#1,72519
1950—#1,70119
1949—#1,75418
1948—#1,70319
1947—#1,78618
1946—#1,38226
1945—#1,27027
1944—#1,98813
1943—#1,39925
1942—#1,94614
1941—#1,75916
1940—#1,62718
1939—#1,45821
1938—#1,47621
1937—#1,68817
1936—#1,87214
1935—#1,29527
1934—#1,60819
1933—#1,31026
1932—#1,65119
1931—#1,12836
1930—#1,60221
1929—#1,17335
1928—#1,35329
1927—#1,11241
1926—#1,19236
1925—#1,20135
1924—#93756
1923—#1,27532
1922—#1,18137
1921—#1,22635
1920—#1,32330
1919—#1,38627
1918—#1,28630
1917—#1,39625
1916—#1,30427
1915—#1,41023
1914—#1,60815
1913—#1,44114
1912—#1,7469
1911—#1,5376
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1902—#9337
1901—#1,0585
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1890—#8846
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1881—#8665
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Conway! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Conway is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedWVVirginia: #335 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,631 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedKSArkansas: #405 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,441 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Conway, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Virginia#335 · 1 in 3,631
  2. Arkansas#405 · 1 in 3,441

Best ever in a state: #286 in Arkansas, 1929.

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Virginia#33561 in 3,631
Arkansas#40551 in 3,441
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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 Conway
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 243 spots since 2024 (#1,530 → #1,287)
  • 709 spots since 2020 (#1,996 → #1,287)
  • 1,068 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #1,287)
  • Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1924 (#1,275 → #937)
  • Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1925 (#937 → #1,201)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1924
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,237
  • Highest: 1 in 11,237 boys born in 2025 were named Conway (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #866 in 1881, was only 1 in 20,147 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Conway (588) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#866 (1881)#866
1890s6#884 (1890)#884
1900s29#933 (1902)#1,135
1910s176#1,286 (1918)#1,457
1920s366#937 (1924)#1,197
1930s221#1,128 (1931)#1,509
1940s194#1,270 (1945)#1,661
1950s181#1,551 (1953)#1,855
1960s170#1,686 (1961)#2,043
1970s181#1,823 (1971)#2,385
1980s106#2,965 (1980)#3,828
1990s126#3,215 (1994)#4,897
2000s119#4,278 (2009)#6,860
2010s453#2,083 (2018)#2,900
2020s588#1,287 (2025)#1,753

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.

Conway in 1919

boys
#1,386
27 births · 1 in 36,301 boys

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #1,386Conway27
More about 1919

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 36,301 of them was named Conway, which outranked 71.2% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Conway
  1. #1,351Waldon28
  2. #1,351Wright28
  3. #1,351Zane28
  4. #1,386Conway27
  5. #1,386Alpha27
  6. #1,386Bertie27
  7. #1,386Dawson27
  8. #1,408Almond26
  9. #1,408Arlis26
  10. #1,408Arnett26

Tied with 21 names at #1,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →