Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Conway

#2,473 most common boys' name of all time · #5,970 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#2,473
Rank overall
#5,970 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
2,932
Since 2016
845
Peak year
2025 #1,287
Best rank
#940 1881
Girls Boys peak 152/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Conway first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 152 152 #1,287
2024 5 115 120 #1,530
2023 — 101 101 #1,685
2022 — 81 81 #1,920
2021 6 68 74 #2,112
2020 — 71 71 #2,001
2019 — 62 62 #2,232
2018 — 68 68 #2,084
2017 — 52 52 #2,454
2016 — 64 64 #2,147
2015 — 55 55 #2,358
2014 — 34 34 #3,236
2013 — 39 39 #2,898
2012 — 29 29 #3,627
2011 — 26 26 #3,889
2010 — 24 24 #4,106
2009 — 23 23 #4,284
2008 — 18 18 #5,074
2007 — 16 16 #5,444
2006 — 10 10 #7,452
2005 — 8 8 #8,325
2004 — 11 11 #6,541
2003 — 5 5 #10,931
2002 — 12 12 #5,740
2001 — 8 8 #7,569
2000 — 8 8 #7,442
1999 — 14 14 #4,777
1998 — 13 13 #4,892
1997 — 15 15 #4,258
1996 — 11 11 #5,206
1995 — 7 7 #7,019
1994 — 21 21 #3,222
1993 — 13 13 #4,464
1992 — 12 12 #4,582
1991 — 7 7 #6,543
1990 — 13 13 #4,187
1989 — 10 10 #4,841
1988 — 7 7 #5,792
1986 — 16 16 #3,012
1985 — 11 11 #3,825
1984 — 11 11 #3,722
1983 — 14 14 #3,088
1982 — 12 12 #3,493
1981 — 10 10 #3,878
1980 — 15 15 #2,982
1979 — 16 16 #2,790
1978 — 15 15 #2,822
1977 — 19 19 #2,374
1976 — 14 14 #2,845
1975 — 26 26 #1,840
1974 — 12 12 #2,966
1973 — 16 16 #2,419
1972 — 20 20 #2,030
1971 — 24 24 #1,831
1970 — 19 19 #2,063
1969 — 14 14 #2,323
1968 — 15 15 #2,124
1967 — 8 8 #3,021
1966 — 15 15 #2,064
1965 — 19 19 #1,819
1964 — 21 21 #1,738
1963 — 17 17 #1,979
1962 — 15 15 #2,132
1961 — 23 23 #1,695
1960 — 23 23 #1,700
1959 — 17 17 #1,989
1958 — 18 18 #1,903
1957 — 15 15 #2,113
1956 — 21 21 #1,734
1955 — 15 15 #2,071
1954 — 18 18 #1,841
1953 — 24 24 #1,564
1952 — 15 15 #2,018
1951 — 19 19 #1,734
1950 — 19 19 #1,712
1949 — 18 18 #1,771
1948 — 19 19 #1,715
1947 — 18 18 #1,806
1946 — 26 26 #1,389
1945 — 27 27 #1,277
1944 — 13 13 #2,016
1943 — 25 25 #1,408
1942 — 14 14 #1,964
1941 — 16 16 #1,770
1940 — 18 18 #1,642
1939 — 21 21 #1,467
1938 — 21 21 #1,483
1937 — 17 17 #1,707
1936 — 14 14 #1,899
1935 — 27 27 #1,308
1934 — 19 19 #1,625
1933 — 26 26 #1,313
1932 — 19 19 #1,669
1931 — 36 36 #1,131
1930 — 21 21 #1,614
1929 — 35 35 #1,180
1928 — 29 29 #1,361
1927 — 41 41 #1,118
1926 — 36 36 #1,200
1925 — 35 35 #1,212
1924 — 56 56 #940
1923 — 32 32 #1,281
1922 — 37 37 #1,188
1921 — 35 35 #1,241
1920 — 30 30 #1,333
1919 — 27 27 #1,392
1918 — 30 30 #1,295
1917 — 25 25 #1,412
1916 — 27 27 #1,314
1915 — 23 23 #1,419
1914 — 15 15 #1,627
1913 — 14 14 #1,455
1912 — 9 9 #1,778
1911 — 6 6 #1,597
1909 — 6 6 #1,333
1907 — 6 6 #1,254
1904 — 5 5 #1,277
1902 — 7 7 #979
1901 — 5 5 #1,133
1890 — 6 6 #950
1881 — 5 5 #940