Loney
Loney is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Loney
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Loney is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Loney
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Loney as a girl name dates back to 1889, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Loney — #2,246 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Loney on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Loney last appeared in the published SSA data in 1939, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 280 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Loney first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1883, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 20 births, good for #1,553 nationwide. About 26% of every Loney on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Loney last appeared in the published SSA data in 1987, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 505 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Loney
Loney is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1883 and has accumulated 505 births in the dataset. Loney's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #1,553. Use the chart and map above to compare Loney's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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