Toney
Toney was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,851 among boys’ names; 6,610 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,190 Americans named Toney and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 42 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Toney by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Toney?
#11,851 among boys’ names, 2025
Toney fell from #7,983 in 2015 to #11,851 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.2 to 3.5 per million.
193 babies in 1961, the peak
Toney peaked in 1961, when 193 babies were given it (187 boys, #580 among boys’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,851 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #12,213 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,847 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #12,174 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #10,691 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,991 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,810 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 8 | #9,575 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,598 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,312 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #7,983 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 14 | #6,274 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #8,044 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,839 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,406 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,826 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,528 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,939 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,883 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,500 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,447 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,248 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,961 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,809 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,849 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,745 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #4,140 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,771 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,495 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,290 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,906 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,965 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,283 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,562 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,550 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 53 | #1,460 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 49 | #1,436 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,278 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,224 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,358 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 73 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 48 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,271 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,167 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,370 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,334 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 71 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 94 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 72 | #964 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 114 | #774 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 114 | #735 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 111 | #716 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 141 | #633 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 148 | #612 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 133 | #648 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 138 | #661 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 155 | #629 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 159 | #611 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 187 | #580 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 139 | #667 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 172 | #596 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 154 | #620 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 103 | #741 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 105 | #716 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 128 | #651 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 93 | #743 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 86 | #766 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 67 | #859 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 81 | #783 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 64 | #863 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 66 | #846 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 59 | #898 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 66 | #858 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 72 | #783 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 52 | #883 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 47 | #947 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,015 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 60 | #850 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 50 | #903 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 58 | #829 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,164 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,005 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,117 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,131 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,360 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,250 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,747 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,223 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 50 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 47 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 55 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 45 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 40 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 26 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 25 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,285 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,112 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 20 | #611 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,571 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 11 | #859 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,103 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 12 | #736 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 10 | #807 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 10 | #777 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 8 | #922 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 10 | #725 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 19 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 7 | #923 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 9 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 7 | #935 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 7 | #974 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 13 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 8 | #831 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 7 | #946 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 11 | #590 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 10 | #664 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 16 | #501 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 10 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 11 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 9 | #694 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 10 | #656 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 8 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 6 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 7 | #801 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Toney a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,610 Americans recorded as Toney, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Toney: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Toney, and how old are they?
4,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 6,610 Americans ever recorded as Toney. The median Toney alive today is 58 years old; half are between 42 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 3,429 people named Toney (226 women and girls, 3,203 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,521 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 160 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,530 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,240 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 792 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 358 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 116 |
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 Toney born?
The states with the most babies named Toney are Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 411 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| North Carolina | 377 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Alabama | 317 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Texas | 186 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| South Carolina | 174 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Tennessee | 164 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Mississippi | 147 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Florida | 136 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Louisiana | 130 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Arkansas | 120 | not ranked | 1.5× |
Where Toney is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Toney is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Toney with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Toney?
Toney is a less common spelling of Tony: SSA has recorded 6,610 Toney and 254,483 Tony since 1880.
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 262,364 babies since 1880, Toney is the second most given (2.5% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 337 babies (1.8%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Toney
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Toney and names like it
- Compare Toney and TonyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sToney peaked in 1961.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Toney since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Toney.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Toney alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.