How Many People Are Named Conway?
people named Conway are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 177,274 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,932 babies named Conway in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
152 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the name of the River Conwy, which possibly means "holy water" in Welsh.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Conway, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Conway alive today is about 26 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Conway first appears in the records in 1881, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 152 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Conway has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #894, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #1,287.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,287 |
| Best rank | #894 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,698 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Conway alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Conway were born in Texas than in any other state: about 123 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Conway was given 5 times as often in Virginia and 3.4 times in Texas.
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