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Stoney

#3,301 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Stoney has been given to 3,260 babies in the U.S. since 1922. In 2025 it ranked #3,301 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1963, with 259 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Stoney, 2025

1 in 92,100

Stoney over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Stoney over time

In 2025, Stoney went to 27% girls and 73% boys.

19222025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Stoney: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Stoney means

Stoney is a given name.

The naming story behind Stoney

Wikidata records Stoney as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q18285174, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,092 boys were recorded with the name Stoney between 1922 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 259 in 1963; its best national rank was #500 in 1963.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,334 in 2020 to #3,301 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,958 in 2015 to #3,301 in 2025.

In the United States, 168 girls were recorded with the name Stoney between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2021; its best national rank was #6,131 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,895 in 2020 to #8,292 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #18,781 in 2015 to #8,292 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Stoney?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 47,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,301
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Stoney sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Stoney. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Stoneys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Stoney was born before 1973 — so the typical Stoney is around 52 today.

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
26.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
17.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,829
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Choose a decade

1960s — 26.4% of all recorded uses (815).

Is Stoney rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−396
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+33
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,657
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.60×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.9%
Peak was 1963 (259)
Years since peak
62
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#500
1963

Spellings of Stoney

Stoney is not the most common spelling — Stanley is, with 42.4% against Stoney's 0.44%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Stoney is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Stoney was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 107,984 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 33,333
  2. 2Texas1 in 33,333
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 50,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 100,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 100,000
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Stoney has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Stoney is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Stoney was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 682,273 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Stoney has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Stoney

People whose public names include Stoney, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Stoney by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,301
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 33
Best rank ever
#500
1963
Peak year
1963
259 that year
First recorded
1922
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,092
Count in 2025
36

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,292
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,603
Best rank ever
#6,131
2024
Peak year
2021
20 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
168
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Stoney

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Stoney

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Stoney, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Stoney

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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