Stoney
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- STOH-nee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Unisex
Stoney is a name of English origin, meaning “stony; rocky”. In 2025 it ranked 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Stoney mean?
English: from the word stony or the surname Stoney
“stony; rocky”
Is Stoney a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Stoney has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 36 boys in the US.
How popular is Stoney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Stoney, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 1963, with 259 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922. 13 girls were also named Stoney in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Stoney in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 16% of the babies named Stoney in the US in 1988, and 27% in 2025.
Stoney in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,510 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,653 |
| 1981 | 46 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 48 | #1,357 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,113 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,111 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,170 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,115 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1971 | 76 | #933 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,008 |
| 1968 | 62 | #920 |
| 1967 | 57 | #955 |
| 1966 | 76 | #835 |
| 1965 | 98 | #749 |
| 1964 | 109 | #737 |
| 1963 | 259 | #498 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,037 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,435 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,695 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
Names like Stoney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Stoney
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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, “Stoney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stoney, updated 20 October 2026.