Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Tony

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
Worthy Of Praise
Welsh
Twin

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Tony

Pronunciation

t(o)-ny

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1961 (rank #53, 8,295 births); most recent 2025 (rank #783, 325 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1970 (rank #1342, 78 births); most recent 2019 (rank #15532, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025325–
2024313–
2023289–
2022378–
2021392–
2020427–
20194675
20184715
2017520–
2016566–

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 #167, 204 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1467, 18 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202518
202438
202333
202238
202133
202042
201935
201836
201738
201660

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 1982 (rank #60, 1,577 births); most recent 2023 (rank #495, 93 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #5342, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202393–
2022129–
2021150–
2020206–
2019213–
2018214–
2017260–
20163073
2015326–
2014370–

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 2012 (rank #227, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #360, 10 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202510
202413
202319
202212
202113
202012
201911
201816
201716
201613

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 1991 (rank #120, 36 births); most recent 2023 (rank #728, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
20183
20177
2016–

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 1998 (rank #144, 13 births); most recent 2023 (rank #395, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20233
2022–
20218
20203
20195
20184
2017–
20164

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 1962 (rank #116, 32 births); most recent 2019 (rank #483, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20197
2018–
2017–
20165
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