Roney
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROH-nee
Roney is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Roney come from?
Uncertain: a surname, or a spelling of Ronnie
Is Roney a girl's or a boy's name?
Roney is a boys' name.
How popular is Roney in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1950, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the boys named Roney in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roney in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1949 | 23 | #1,543 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
Names like Roney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Roney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roney, updated 20 October 2026.