Carney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Carney

The Social Security Administration has registered 491 babies named Carney between 1911 and 1994, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carney performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Carney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carney in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 491 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.