girls:
134 births since 1988
#5582 (2nd percentile)
boys:
3k births since 1922
#2284 (50th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1922
#4853 (37th percentile)
The name Stoney is the #4,853 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,146 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 37.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,284 (50.2% percentile) for all time with 3,012 births since 1922. For girls, it ranks #5,582 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 134 births since 1988.
Stoney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Stoney is available in 90 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (90 years for boys and 14 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Stoney has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 62.5% of babies named Stoney were boys.
For boys, Stoney reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 33.1% percentile (ranked #433) with 125 births per million. The name was most common in 1963, with 125 births per million (ranked 33.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Stoney ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 13.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Stoney reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #921) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Stoney ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 92.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Stoney".
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