Volney is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Volney is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1986. Volney first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1916 (26 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | — | #7,780 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #4,709 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | #3,667 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #4,033 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,638 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,550 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,975 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #3,206 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #3,163 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #3,360 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #3,351 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #4,175 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,676 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #3,086 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,321 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #2,460 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,223 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #2,646 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #3,099 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,320 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,190 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,535 |
| 1935 | 17 | — | #1,751 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #3,268 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,533 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,633 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,324 |
| 1930 | 15 | — | #2,075 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,937 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | #2,383 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,294 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | #2,298 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | #2,004 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | #2,343 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | #1,808 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,140 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | #2,373 |
| 1920 | 24 | — | #1,589 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | #1,876 |
| 1918 | 21 | — | #1,706 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | #1,476 |
| 1916 | 26 | — | #1,373 |
| 1915 | 14 | — | #2,064 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | #1,487 |
| 1913 | 15 | — | #1,436 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | #1,346 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,581 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #922 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,203 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,045 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,195 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,117 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,221 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,260 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,230 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,154 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #914 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #913 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,116 |
| 1882 | 11 | — | #608 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | #598 |