Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Antony

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
Praiseworthy, Flourishing
Greek
Italian

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Antony

Pronunciation

a-nto-ny, an-tony

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #805, 265 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1621, 104 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025104
202492
2023117
2022119
202176
202073
201994
201883
201796
2016110

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #158, 217 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1124, 26 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202526
202432
202336
202229
202129
202043
201938
201848
201749
201650

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1988 (rank #129, 524 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2545, 9 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1901 (rank #749, 4 births); most recent 1925 (rank #1171, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20239–
202212–
202111–
202021–
201926–
201825–
201734–
201626–
201553–
201463–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #529, 5 births); most recent 2022 (rank #745, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
20193
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #110, 39 births); most recent 2023 (rank #614, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20234
20225
20214
20204
2019–
2018–
20175
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #390, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1961 (rank #228, 8 births); most recent 2000 (rank #427, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence