Roney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Roney

The Social Security Administration has registered 883 babies named Roney between 1893 and 2022, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Roney performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Roney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Roney in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Roney 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 883 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.