Anton

Last seen for girls in 1986 at #7,749 · #1,388 for boys in 2025, 132 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#171
1880 · 77 births
Debut · boys
1880
77 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
23,915
since 1880

Anton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Anton has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #171, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,388132
2024—#1,481122
2023—#1,465123
2022—#1,393133
2021—#1,198162
2020—#1,240150
2019—#1,132172
2018—#1,094179
2017—#987207
2016—#993205
2015—#966214
2014—#893241
2013—#1,020191
2012—#979204
2011—#1,008192
2010—#1,012193
2009—#973205
2008—#840259
2007—#844252
2006—#718301
2005—#749268
2004—#754244
2003—#726252
2002—#651290
2001—#696258
2000—#701251
1999—#671252
1998—#673253
1997—#717220
1996—#722217
1995—#562332
1994—#582317
1993—#748195
1992—#692224
1991—#663232
1990—#602277
1989—#674219
1988—#620232
1987—#618216
1986#7,7498#604217
1985—#581226
1984—#565227
1983#10,2755#513268
1982—#556242
1981—#558234
1980—#498286
1979—#472303
1978—#604190
1977—#639176
1976—#591189
1975—#524236
1974—#595180
1973#6,0808#562200
1972—#546212
1971—#592194
1970—#559209
1969—#537214
1968—#559184
1967—#552182
1966—#660125
1965—#697113
1964—#629152
1963—#620158
1962—#657139
1961—#708117
1960—#631152
1959—#644142
1958—#675127
1957—#658135
1956—#679123
1955—#608148
1954—#659121
1953—#686108
1952—#608134
1951—#635123
1950—#621123
1949—#661108
1948—#69792
1947—#624120
1946—#592117
1945—#567113
1944—#554119
1943—#557129
1942—#611106
1941—#553117
1940—#576106
1939—#556106
1938—#506133
1937—#517124
1936—#552107
1935—#566104
1934—#557112
1933—#477139
1932—#490137
1931—#459151
1930—#494145
1929—#472155
1928—#479163
1927—#471165
1926—#436192
1925—#444183
1924—#430202
1923—#399223
1922—#385245
1921—#375261
1920—#372260
1919—#303326
1918—#321314
1917—#277343
1916—#279334
1915—#252357
1914—#255286
1913—#259216
1912—#283159
1911—#30577
1910—#28274
1909—#28961
1908—#26963
1907—#29452
1906—#30944
1905—#26655
1904—#28545
1903—#24856
1902—#25453
1901—#24450
1900—#26958
1899—#23152
1898—#24551
1897—#27243
1896—#26546
1895—#21863
1894—#20964
1893—#19375
1892—#20571
1891—#22351
1890—#18373
1889—#18274
1888—#20472
1887—#18567
1886—#21362
1885—#17674
1884—#20664
1883—#18563
1882—#20064
1881—#19757
1880—#17177
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Anton was already there! It came in at #171, and was given to 77 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1894–1909, when fewer than 65 boys a year got the name.

See more about Anton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 93 spots since 2024 (#1,481 → #1,388)
  • 148 spots since 2020 (#1,240 → #1,388)
  • 422 spots since 2015 (#966 → #1,388)
  • Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1994 (#748 → #582)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1996 (#562 → #722)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #171 (77 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 135 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1880–2009
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,435
  • Highest: 1 in 1,435 boys born in 1880 were named Anton (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,940 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 10.8% of all boys named Anton (2,580) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s674#171 (1880)#192
1890s589#183 (1890)#224
1900s537#244 (1901)#273
1910s2,486#252 (1915)#282
1920s2,049#372 (1920)#426
1930s1,258#459 (1931)#517
1940s1,127#553 (1941)#599
1950s1,284#608 (1955)#647
1960s1,536#537 (1969)#625
1970s2,089#472 (1979)#568
1980s2,367#498 (1980)#579
1990s2,519#562 (1995)#663
2000s2,580#651 (2002)#765
2010s1,998#893 (2014)#1,008
2020s822#1,198 (2021)#1,361

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

Anton in 1973

girls
#6,080
8 births · 1 in 182,276 girls
boys
#562
200 births · 1 in 7,793 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #6,080Anton8

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #562Anton200
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 182,276 of them was named Anton, which outranked 38.0% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anton
  1. #5,580Zona9
  2. #5,580Zora9
  3. #5,580Zorana9
  4. #6,080Anton8
  5. #6,080Abril8
  6. #6,080Adine8
  7. #6,080Adrienna8
  8. #6,666Aaryn7
  9. #6,666Adonna7
  10. #6,666Afiya7

Tied with 585 names at #6,080; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 7,793 of them was named Anton, which outranked 90.4% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anton
  1. #559Wilson202
  2. #560Rodrick201
  3. #560Thad201
  4. #562Anton200
  5. #562Jasen200
  6. #564Emilio199
  7. #565Denny198
  8. #565Marlin198

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →