Boys' name · since 1915
Haney
Haney has 30 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Haney sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 30 recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Haney recorded 30 times among boys since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1929.
- #25,820 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 30 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haney ranks #25,820 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Haney's 30 recorded births place it above 42.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Haney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Haney's full recorded timeline at 1923, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Haney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1929
- Peak year (1915)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Haney by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (23 births, 77% of the file).
1920s was Haney's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Haney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 23 births (77% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Haney draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.