Carney

Boy · recorded 1911–1994

  • 1994last recorded
  • 1911best year

Most popular in 1911.

Last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1911

0112219111932195319731994

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 56 recorded years as a table
Carney, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191122
191219
191318
191516
19168
191710
191818
19197
192013
192112
192216
192311
19244
19259
19269
192710
19286
19295
19308
19319
19328
19336
193410
19357
193610
193712
193810
193911
19406
19418
19424
19435
19447
19455
19466
19474
19483
19497
19504
19517
19525
19535
19543
19555
19574
19584
19596
19612
19632
19663
19793
19803
19823
19893
19902
19943

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carney isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1994
6
Rank in 1994
#7,770
How rare
1 in 322,005 boys
Since 1911
491

Carney was last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1911, at 22 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Carney doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.