Roney
- Last seen for girls in 1925 at #4,973
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
- Given to boys 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 883since 1893
Roney over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Roney has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,686 | 23 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,644 | 23 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,611 | 23 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,701 | 20 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,364 | 28 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,544 | 23 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,810 | 15 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1893
The first year at least five boys were named Roney! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Roney is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Roney in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Roney
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1893 at #907 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,720
- Highest: 1 in 18,720 boys born in 1893 were named Roney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 21.6% of all boys named Roney (191) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #907 (1893) | #907 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 23 | #2,269 (1912) | #3,425 |
| 1920s | 37 | #2,936 (1925) | #3,787 |
| 1930s | 59 | #2,326 (1938) | #2,951 |
| 1940s | 135 | #1,475 (1946) | #1,983 |
| 1950s | 191 | #1,364 (1950) | #1,822 |
| 1960s | 138 | #1,686 (1961) | #2,340 |
| 1970s | 80 | #2,813 (1971) | #4,125 |
| 1980s | 67 | #3,459 (1984) | #4,707 |
| 1990s | 53 | #4,791 (1995) | #6,997 |
| 2000s | 50 | #6,445 (2001) | #8,247 |
| 2010s | 37 | #7,559 (2012) | #11,019 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,823 (2022) | #9,823 |
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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