Loney
- Last seen for girls in 1939 at #3,782
- Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
- Given to boys 64.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 505since 1883
Loney over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
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| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Loney! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Loney is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Loney in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Loney
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1883–1903
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,904
- Highest: 1 in 14,904 boys born in 1903 were named Loney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 373,397 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #845 in 1886, was only 1 in 18,464 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 25.7% of all boys named Loney (130) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1940
- Mostly girls until 1939, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #845 (1886) | #869 |
| 1890s | 11 | #1,002 (1898) | #1,041 |
| 1900s | 20 | #846 (1903) | #1,095 |
| 1910s | 118 | #1,387 (1911) | #1,974 |
| 1920s | 130 | #1,959 (1927) | #2,366 |
| 1930s | 53 | #1,964 (1930) | #2,773 |
| 1940s | 65 | #2,386 (1942) | #2,931 |
| 1950s | 34 | #2,969 (1956) | #3,234 |
| 1960s | 33 | #2,900 (1961) | #3,516 |
| 1970s | 25 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,406 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,951 (1987) | #6,951 |
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.
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