Stoney
Stoney was the 3302nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 500th with 259 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,661 places. More babies were named Stoney in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,302 boys, up 34 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 36boys
- Girls and boys
- 36% girls, 64% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1963259 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,260babies recorded
Stoney popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,294 | #3,302 | 13 | 36 |
| 2020 | #14,900 | #3,336 | 6 | 34 |
| 2010 | — | #5,218 | — | 18 |
| 2000 | — | #4,357 | — | 18 |
| 1990 | — | #2,042 | — | 37 |
| 1980 | — | #1,374 | — | 48 |
| 1970 | — | #1,041 | — | 62 |
| 1960 | — | #1,578 | — | 27 |
| 1950 | — | #1,609 | — | 22 |
| 1940 | — | #1,466 | — | 22 |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Stoney, counting every spelling?
Stoney has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Stoney?
36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Stoney (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Stoney born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Stoney.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Stoney?
About 2,600 people born in the US named Stoney are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 30 and 61. That makes Stoney mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Stoney by state
How common Stoney was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (4.2×). In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Stoney
How popular is the name Stoney?
Stoney was the 3302nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 500th with 259 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,661 places. More babies were named Stoney in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Stoney a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 36% girls, 64% boys given the name Stoney in the US.
Where is Stoney most popular?
In 2021–2025, Stoney was most common in Texas (0.08 per 1,000 boys).