Given name & surname
Stony
“as solid as a stone”
Stony is a variant of Stoney. One English interpretation is “as solid as a stone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stony is a variant of Stoney. One English interpretation is “as solid as a stone.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stony is a variant of Stoney. An origin associated with Stoney is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stony through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 275
- 275 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 297 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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