Volney
- Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 629since 1880
Volney over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Volney has never cracked the top 500 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #576 | 11 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #571 | 11 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Volney was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Volney is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Volney in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
- Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1900
- Biggest drop: 90 spots in 1901
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #571 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1887–1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,045
- Highest: 1 in 10,045 boys born in 1880 were named Volney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 368,303 boys born in 1986 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 24.8% of all boys named Volney (156) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 40 | #571 (1880) | #750 |
| 1890s | 31 | #994 (1890) | #1,047 |
| 1900s | 22 | #852 (1906) | #959 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,268 (1912) | #1,522 |
| 1920s | 152 | #1,543 (1920) | #2,197 |
| 1930s | 107 | #1,708 (1935) | #2,393 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,309 (1944) | #2,820 |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,942 (1954) | #3,328 |
| 1960s | 18 | #3,365 (1968) | #3,692 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,230 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,721 (1986) | #6,721 |
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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