Turney — boys' name
22 babies named Turney in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Turney was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Turney in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Turney
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Turney between 1917 and 1961, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Turney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Turney performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Turney shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Turney 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 22 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.
Turney at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Turney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
22 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 6 births in a single year.
Turney by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 50% of Turney's all-time total
Turney decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Turney's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.