Volney

Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721

Peak · boys
1880 · 11 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
629
since 1880

Volney over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Volney has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #571, 1880boys
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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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1986#6,7215
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1970#4,2306
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1968#3,3657
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1963#3,6466
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1961#4,0655
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1959#3,9885
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1957#3,5526
1956#2,9698
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1954#2,9428
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1952#3,0957
1951#3,0667
1950#3,6815
1949#3,2986
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1947#2,8628
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1945#2,9966
1944#2,30910
1943#2,9647
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1941#2,4919
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1939#2,8297
1938#2,18511
1937#2,08812
1936#3,1476
1935#1,70817
1934#2,9737
1933#2,36810
1932#2,46510
1931#2,20712
1930#1,96415
1929#3,5596
1928#2,27013
1927#2,19314
1926#2,18614
1925#1,93517
1924#2,22914
1923#1,75320
1922#2,04016
1921#2,26514
1920#1,54324
1919#1,81118
1918#1,64821
1917#1,43724
1916#1,33526
1915#1,96814
1914#1,44118
1913#1,36515
1912#1,26814
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1910#1,4216
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1906#8529
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1901#1,0585
1900#9688
1899#1,0515
1898#1,0026
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895#1,0795
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1890#9945
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1888#8157
1887#8196
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1884#9715
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1882#57611
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1880#57111
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 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Volney
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
  • Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #968)
  • Biggest drop: 90 spots in 1901 (#968 → #1,058)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s40#571 (1880)#750
1890s31#994 (1890)#1,047
1900s22#852 (1906)#959
1910s156#1,268 (1912)#1,522
1920s152#1,543 (1920)#2,197
1930s107#1,708 (1935)#2,393
1940s46#2,309 (1944)#2,820
1950s46#2,942 (1954)#3,328
1960s18#3,365 (1968)#3,692
1970s6#4,230 (1970)#4,230
1980s5#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.

Volney in 1888

boys
#815
7 births · 1 in 17,265 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #815Volney7
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 17,265 of them was named Volney, which outranked 30.8% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Volney
  1. #755Vicente8
  2. #755Waymon8
  3. #755Wright8
  4. #815Volney7
  5. #815Alfonso7
  6. #815Alger7
  7. #815Alois7
  8. #917Abbott6
  9. #917Alan6
  10. #917Alden6

Tied with 101 names at #815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →