Loney

Boy · recorded 1883–1987

  • 1987last recorded
  • 1903best year

Most popular in 1903.

Last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Loney.

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

0346718831909193519611987

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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 57 recorded years as a table
Loney, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188348
188654
189543
189849
190040
190367
190937
191026
191131
191216
191323
191411
191524
19167
191718
191817
191920
192010
192114
192210
192311
192411
19257
192614
192715
192813
192913
193014
19328
19355
193611
19375
19388
19404
19417
19427
19434
19446
19456
19464
19473
19484
19504
19513
19543
19564
19593
19603
19614
19633
19673
19683
19703
19715
19733
19744
19873

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Loney 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1987
5
Rank in 1987
#6,951
How rare
1 in 373,396 boys
Since 1883
505

Loney was last recorded in 1987. 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 1903, at 67 per million boys born.

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

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