# Conway (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/conway/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɒnweɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,932 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,921 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Welsh Conwy

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 13,872 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,791 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,908 |
| 2012 | 29 | 3,632 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,899 |
| 2014 | 34 | 3,248 |
| 2015 | 55 | 2,363 |
| 2016 | 64 | 2,145 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,458 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,085 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,236 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,003 |
| 2021 | 68 | 2,114 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,920 |
| 2023 | 101 | 1,684 |
| 2024 | 115 | 1,531 |
| 2025 | 152 | 1,287 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1997 | 6 | 1,761 |

## People named Conway

- Conway Tearle, actor (1878-1938)
- Conway MacMillan, American botanist (1867-1929)
- Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (1885–1954)
- Peyton C. March, 9th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1864–1955)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.