Conway
Conway was given to 152 boys in 2025, #1,287 among boys’ names; 2,932 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,910 Americans named Conway and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 5 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Conway by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Conway mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Conway is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Anglicization of Welsh Conwy
/ˈkɒnweɪ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Conway?
#1,287 among boys’ names, 2025
Conway rose from #2,362 in 2015 to #1,287 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 28.7 to 89.0 per million.
152 babies in 2025, the peak
Conway peaked in 2025, when 152 boys were given it, #1,287 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 115 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | #1,287 | 89.0 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,531 | 66.7 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,684 | 59.0 |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,919 | 46.4 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,113 | 38.9 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,003 | 41.1 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,235 | 34.6 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,084 | 37.4 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,457 | 28.1 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 | 33.7 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 55 | #2,362 | 28.7 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,246 | 17.7 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,897 | 20.6 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,629 | 15.3 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,906 | 13.7 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,133 | 12.5 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,303 | 11.6 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,098 | 8.8 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,475 | 7.7 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,526 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,431 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,599 | 5.5 |
| 2003 | 5 | #11,198 | 2.5 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,785 | 6.2 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,655 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,560 | 4.1 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,805 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,923 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,274 | 8.0 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,241 | 5.8 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,120 | 3.7 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,234 | 10.9 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,485 | 6.6 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,604 | 6.0 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,637 | 3.5 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,207 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,875 | 5.0 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,868 | 3.7 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,020 | 8.7 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,838 | 6.0 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,741 | 6.1 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,095 | 7.8 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,521 | 6.6 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,897 | 5.6 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,984 | 8.4 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,796 | 9.3 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,817 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,381 | 11.6 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,847 | 8.9 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,841 | 16.7 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,980 | 7.6 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,418 | 10.3 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,028 | 12.3 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,831 | 13.6 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,073 | 10.2 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,330 | 7.8 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,124 | 8.6 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,040 | 4.6 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,059 | 8.4 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,815 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,743 | 10.5 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,973 | 8.4 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,128 | 7.3 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,696 | 10.8 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,696 | 10.8 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,986 | 8.0 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,906 | 8.5 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,109 | 7.0 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,726 | 9.9 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,065 | 7.3 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,839 | 8.8 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,555 | 12.2 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,020 | 7.7 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,735 | 10.1 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,708 | 10.6 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,768 | 10.1 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,717 | 10.8 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,796 | 9.8 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,387 | 16.0 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,273 | 20.1 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,007 | 9.5 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,406 | 17.5 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,966 | 10.1 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,774 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,641 | 15.5 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,460 | 19.0 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,487 | 18.9 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,708 | 15.9 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,892 | 13.5 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,300 | 25.9 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,616 | 18.4 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,311 | 26.2 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,660 | 18.2 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,132 | 34.6 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,610 | 19.1 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,179 | 32.5 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,357 | 26.2 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,116 | 36.4 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,196 | 32.4 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,204 | 31.4 |
| 1924 | 56 | #938 | 49.4 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,281 | 29.2 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,185 | 34.0 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,234 | 31.8 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,331 | 28.2 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,387 | 27.5 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,295 | 29.6 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,404 | 27.0 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,309 | 30.3 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,419 | 27.1 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,617 | 22.9 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,458 | 27.3 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,769 | 20.9 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,577 | 26.6 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,308 | 36.6 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,226 | 40.9 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,245 | 39.0 |
| 1902 | 7 | #949 | 57.1 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,084 | 47.0 |
| 1890 | 6 | #913 | 54.0 |
| 1881 | 5 | #894 | 49.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Conway a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Conway has been given almost only to boys: 11 girls in 121 years of records.
Girls and boys named Conway: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Conway, and how old are they?
1,910 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 2,932 Americans ever recorded as Conway. The median Conway alive today is 13 years old; half are between 5 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 1,385 people named Conway (37 women and girls, 1,348 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,448 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 69 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 237 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 236 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 166 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 236 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 966 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Conway born?
The states with the most babies named Conway are Texas, Ohio and Oklahoma, with 47% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 22 | #1,042 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 9 | #872 | 0.1× |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #475 | 0.2× |
| Tennessee | 8 | #798 | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 8 | #661 | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,050 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,505 | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,239 | 0.1× |
| New York | 5 | #1,817 | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,274 | 0.0× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Conway with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
More about Conway and names like it
- The most given names of the 2020sConway peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Conway since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Conway: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Conway.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Conway alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.