Antoinette

#2,998 for girls in 2025, 55 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1917 · 1,177 births
Debut · girls
19 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
78,721
since 1880

Antoinette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Antoinette has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #170, 1917girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,99855
2024#2,88957
2023#3,18151
2022#2,79261
2021#2,58667
2020#2,44171
2019#2,81459
2018#2,90557
2017#2,59767
2016#2,59468
2015#2,35178
2014#2,08193
2013#2,45873
2012#2,26583
2011#2,25883
2010#2,11893
2009#1,838116
2008#1,927109
2007#1,579143
2006#1,722121
2005#1,417151
2004#1,425145
2003#1,509129
2002#1,328146
2001#1,050204
2000#991214
1999#827261
1998#756285
1997#680318
1996#643349
1995#611364
1994#573401
1993#535447
1992#479515
1991#428593
1990#354753
1989#367702#5,6158
1988#330745
1987#310788
1986#308780
1985#340690
1984#353651
1983#359633
1982#343687
1981#353665#4,9617
1980#389590
1979#365620#6,0565
1978#387537
1977#380555
1976#352611
1975#341646
1974#324684
1973#306761
1972#305802#4,4416
1971#291968
1970#2881,020
1969#285981#3,9356
1968#279964
1967#2621,032
1966#274951#2,9868
1965#273994
1964#2851,025#3,6016
1963#2801,055
1962#291996
1961#2921,008
1960#307932
1959#311879
1958#310859
1957#297943
1956#283952
1955#299846
1954#270961
1953#282878
1952#253968
1951#257899
1950#260860
1949#255889
1948#239974
1947#238992
1946#255781
1945#249735
1944#244733
1943#238800
1942#223867
1941#234732
1940#227741
1939#217766
1938#227739#3,5345
1937#237687
1936#241662
1935#249627
1934#253616
1933#239646
1932#218787
1931#206878
1930#197976#4,0015
1929#199937#3,9595
1928#1961,027#3,3577
1927#1961,033
1926#1821,158
1925#1871,172
1924#1731,333
1923#1751,251
1922#1751,271
1921#1801,234
1920#1801,162
1919#1801,090
1918#1791,148
1917#1701,177
1916#1751,063
1915#1731,047
1914#170830
1913#181646
1912#194507
1911#183388
1910#200320
1909#196296
1908#205266
1907#204254
1906#216210
1905#236181
1904#224186
1903#238159
1902#261143
1901#242141
1900#281133
1899#244130
1898#269126
1897#29097
1896#30591
1895#28896
1894#28991
1893#33863
1892#31472
1891#29969
1890#31066
1889#28569
1888#28866
1887#31047
1886#30546
1885#31741
1884#33135
1883#27044
1882#29635
1881#29029
1880#37519
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Antoinette was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 20 girls a year got the name.

See more about Antoinette
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 109 spots since 2024 (#2,889#2,998)
  • 557 spots since 2020 (#2,441#2,998)
  • 647 spots since 2015 (#2,351#2,998)
  • Biggest jump: 85 spots in 1881 (#375#290)
  • Biggest drop: 164 spots in 2000 (#827#991)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1917 at #170 (1,177 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 60 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 121 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 918
  • Highest: 1 in 918 girls born in 1914 were named Antoinette (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,223 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #170 in 1917, was only 1 in 919 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 14.7% of all girls named Antoinette (11,578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s431#270 (1883)#307
1890s901#244 (1899)#295
1900s1,969#196 (1909)#230
1910s8,216#170 (1917)#181
1920s11,578#173 (1924)#184
1930s7,384#197 (1930)#228
1940s8,244#223 (1942)#240
1950s9,045#253 (1952)#282
1960s9,938#262 (1967)#283
1970s7,204#288 (1970)#334
1980s6,931#308 (1986)#345
1990s4,286#354 (1990)#589
2000s1,478#991 (2000)#1,479
2010s754#2,081 (2014)#2,444
2020s362#2,441 (2020)#2,815

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Antoinette in 1938

girls
#227
739 births · 1 in 1,493 girls
boys
#3,534
5 births · 1 in 221,829 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #227Antoinette739

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #3,534Antoinette5
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 1,493 of them was named Antoinette, which outranked 95.5% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Antoinette
  1. #224Ada745
  2. #225Bette742
  3. #226Jacquelyn741
  4. #227Antoinette739
  5. #228Iris731
  6. #229Marianne730
  7. #230Bettye727
Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 221,829 of them was named Antoinette, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Antoinette
  1. #3,175Willmer6
  2. #3,175Wyndell6
  3. #3,175Zoltan6
  4. #3,534Antoinette5
  5. #3,534Able5
  6. #3,534Abundio5
  7. #3,534Adams5

Tied with 501 names at #3,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 1,314Dion#2,197#883
  2. 448Tex#1,212#764
  3. 425Lonny#1,233#808
  4. 401Gonzalo#1,180#779
  5. 383Lance#722#339
Fallers
  1. 741Worth#1,000#1,741
  2. 528Estel#869#1,397
  3. 492Milburn#845#1,337
  4. 412Lonzo#835#1,247
  5. 405Joy#932#1,337

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938