Boys' name · since 1938
Stony
Stony has 275 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,139 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1938
- 1970s
- peak decade
Stony is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 275 have been recorded since 1938.
Stony has 275 recorded births among boys since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1998.
- #11,139 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 275 born since 1938
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stony ranks #11,139 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 275 born since 1938, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,139 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1938
- 1970s
- peak decade
Stony's 275 recorded births place it above 75.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Stony's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stony's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1938, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1998
- Peak year (1963)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Stony by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (102 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Stony's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Stony births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 9
1940s
9 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
101 births
- 1970s
1970s
102 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 102 births (37% of all-time use).
Stony by state
Where Stony concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 275 births nationwide.
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What to do with Stony's data
- Stony's decade-level peak was the 1970s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Stonys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stony: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~60 yrs)
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, 1938–1998 (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 Stony 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.