Toney
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOH-nee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Toney is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Toney mean?
Latin: variant of Tony, short for Anthony (Roman Antonius)
A variant of Tony, from Antonius, the Roman family name of Mark Antony, whose meaning is unknown.
Is Toney a girl's or a boy's name?
Toney is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Toney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Toney, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 187 boys.
Half of all the boys named Toney in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 345 boys in the US were given Toney or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #709, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Toney in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,539 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,344 |
| 1988 | 53 | #1,446 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,561 |
| 1986 | 49 | #1,418 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,267 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,213 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 73 | #1,064 |
| 1981 | 48 | #1,362 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,179 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,114 |
| 1974 | 71 | #969 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1972 | 94 | #826 |
| 1971 | 72 | #958 |
| 1970 | 114 | #773 |
| 1969 | 114 | #732 |
| 1968 | 111 | #713 |
| 1967 | 141 | #633 |
| 1966 | 148 | #610 |
| 1965 | 133 | #646 |
| 1964 | 138 | #660 |
| 1963 | 155 | #627 |
| 1962 | 159 | #611 |
| 1961 | 187 | #579 |
| 1960 | 139 | #664 |
| 1959 | 172 | #596 |
| 1958 | 154 | #618 |
| 1957 | 103 | #737 |
| 1956 | 105 | #713 |
| 1955 | 128 | #651 |
| 1954 | 93 | #741 |
| 1953 | 86 | #764 |
| 1952 | 67 | #849 |
| 1951 | 81 | #780 |
| 1950 | 64 | #849 |
| 1949 | 66 | #841 |
| 1948 | 59 | #890 |
| 1947 | 66 | #853 |
| 1946 | 72 | #781 |
| 1945 | 52 | #864 |
| 1944 | 47 | #935 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 60 | #839 |
| 1941 | 50 | #898 |
| 1940 | 58 | #818 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,095 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,011 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,239 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,173 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,019 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,198 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,264 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,120 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,069 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,045 |
| 1919 | 50 | #949 |
| 1918 | 47 | #975 |
| 1917 | 55 | #860 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1915 | 45 | #925 |
| 1914 | 40 | #855 |
| 1913 | 26 | #969 |
| 1912 | 25 | #892 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 20 | #590 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 19 | #555 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 16 | #484 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 11 | #578 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Toney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thomas Martin Harvey William Lawrence Francis Stanley Peter Joseph Robert John James
Other spellings of Toney
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Toney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toney, updated 20 October 2026.