Conway
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAHN-way
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #1,287 for boys
Conway is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,287th for boys in the US (152 babies).
What does Conway mean?
Welsh: from Conwy in north Wales; also an Irish surname
From the town and river of Conwy in north Wales, long anglicised as Conway; also an Irish surname.
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Is Conway a girl's or a boy's name?
Conway is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 152 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Conway in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,287among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 152about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 152 boys in the US were named Conway, making it the 1,287th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. It first appears in the records in 1881.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Conway of any year since it first appeared, in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Conway in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Conway in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | #1,287 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,916 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,108 |
| 2020 | 71 | #1,996 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,082 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,449 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 55 | #2,354 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,381 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,476 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,128 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,602 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,173 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,201 |
| 1924 | 56 | #937 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,275 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,181 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,226 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,385 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,285 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Conway
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finley Conrad Mccoy Cassian Cannon Calvin Callan Finnegan Kayden Brecken Owen Coy
Names related to Conway
More Welsh names
Dylan Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Conway: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/conway, updated 20 October 2026.