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
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 77 births
- Debut · boys
- 77 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 23,915since 1880
Anton over time
Rank among boys' names. Anton has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,388 | 132 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,481 | 122 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,465 | 123 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,393 | 133 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,198 | 162 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,240 | 150 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,132 | 172 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,094 | 179 | |
| 2017 | — | #987 | 207 | |
| 2016 | — | #993 | 205 | |
| 2015 | — | #966 | 214 | |
| 2014 | — | #893 | 241 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,020 | 191 | |
| 2012 | — | #979 | 204 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,008 | 192 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,012 | 193 | |
| 2009 | — | #973 | 205 | |
| 2008 | — | #840 | 259 | |
| 2007 | — | #844 | 252 | |
| 2006 | — | #718 | 301 | |
| 2005 | — | #749 | 268 | |
| 2004 | — | #754 | 244 | |
| 2003 | — | #726 | 252 | |
| 2002 | — | #651 | 290 | |
| 2001 | — | #696 | 258 | |
| 2000 | — | #701 | 251 | |
| 1999 | — | #671 | 252 | |
| 1998 | — | #673 | 253 | |
| 1997 | — | #717 | 220 | |
| 1996 | — | #722 | 217 | |
| 1995 | — | #562 | 332 | |
| 1994 | — | #582 | 317 | |
| 1993 | — | #748 | 195 | |
| 1992 | — | #692 | 224 | |
| 1991 | — | #663 | 232 | |
| 1990 | — | #602 | 277 | |
| 1989 | — | #674 | 219 | |
| 1988 | — | #620 | 232 | |
| 1987 | — | #618 | 216 | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #604 | 217 |
| 1985 | — | #581 | 226 | |
| 1984 | — | #565 | 227 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #513 | 268 |
| 1982 | — | #556 | 242 | |
| 1981 | — | #558 | 234 | |
| 1980 | — | #498 | 286 | |
| 1979 | — | #472 | 303 | |
| 1978 | — | #604 | 190 | |
| 1977 | — | #639 | 176 | |
| 1976 | — | #591 | 189 | |
| 1975 | — | #524 | 236 | |
| 1974 | — | #595 | 180 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #562 | 200 |
| 1972 | — | #546 | 212 | |
| 1971 | — | #592 | 194 | |
| 1970 | — | #559 | 209 | |
| 1969 | — | #537 | 214 | |
| 1968 | — | #559 | 184 | |
| 1967 | — | #552 | 182 | |
| 1966 | — | #660 | 125 | |
| 1965 | — | #697 | 113 | |
| 1964 | — | #629 | 152 | |
| 1963 | — | #620 | 158 | |
| 1962 | — | #657 | 139 | |
| 1961 | — | #708 | 117 | |
| 1960 | — | #631 | 152 | |
| 1959 | — | #644 | 142 | |
| 1958 | — | #675 | 127 | |
| 1957 | — | #658 | 135 | |
| 1956 | — | #679 | 123 | |
| 1955 | — | #608 | 148 | |
| 1954 | — | #659 | 121 | |
| 1953 | — | #686 | 108 | |
| 1952 | — | #608 | 134 | |
| 1951 | — | #635 | 123 | |
| 1950 | — | #621 | 123 | |
| 1949 | — | #661 | 108 | |
| 1948 | — | #697 | 92 | |
| 1947 | — | #624 | 120 | |
| 1946 | — | #592 | 117 | |
| 1945 | — | #567 | 113 | |
| 1944 | — | #554 | 119 | |
| 1943 | — | #557 | 129 | |
| 1942 | — | #611 | 106 | |
| 1941 | — | #553 | 117 | |
| 1940 | — | #576 | 106 | |
| 1939 | — | #556 | 106 | |
| 1938 | — | #506 | 133 | |
| 1937 | — | #517 | 124 | |
| 1936 | — | #552 | 107 | |
| 1935 | — | #566 | 104 | |
| 1934 | — | #557 | 112 | |
| 1933 | — | #477 | 139 | |
| 1932 | — | #490 | 137 | |
| 1931 | — | #459 | 151 | |
| 1930 | — | #494 | 145 | |
| 1929 | — | #472 | 155 | |
| 1928 | — | #479 | 163 | |
| 1927 | — | #471 | 165 | |
| 1926 | — | #436 | 192 | |
| 1925 | — | #444 | 183 | |
| 1924 | — | #430 | 202 | |
| 1923 | — | #399 | 223 | |
| 1922 | — | #385 | 245 | |
| 1921 | — | #375 | 261 | |
| 1920 | — | #372 | 260 | |
| 1919 | — | #303 | 326 | |
| 1918 | — | #321 | 314 | |
| 1917 | — | #277 | 343 | |
| 1916 | — | #279 | 334 | |
| 1915 | — | #252 | 357 | |
| 1914 | — | #255 | 286 | |
| 1913 | — | #259 | 216 | |
| 1912 | — | #283 | 159 | |
| 1911 | — | #305 | 77 | |
| 1910 | — | #282 | 74 | |
| 1909 | — | #289 | 61 | |
| 1908 | — | #269 | 63 | |
| 1907 | — | #294 | 52 | |
| 1906 | — | #309 | 44 | |
| 1905 | — | #266 | 55 | |
| 1904 | — | #285 | 45 | |
| 1903 | — | #248 | 56 | |
| 1902 | — | #254 | 53 | |
| 1901 | — | #244 | 50 | |
| 1900 | — | #269 | 58 | |
| 1899 | — | #231 | 52 | |
| 1898 | — | #245 | 51 | |
| 1897 | — | #272 | 43 | |
| 1896 | — | #265 | 46 | |
| 1895 | — | #218 | 63 | |
| 1894 | — | #209 | 64 | |
| 1893 | — | #193 | 75 | |
| 1892 | — | #205 | 71 | |
| 1891 | — | #223 | 51 | |
| 1890 | — | #183 | 73 | |
| 1889 | — | #182 | 74 | |
| 1888 | — | #204 | 72 | |
| 1887 | — | #185 | 67 | |
| 1886 | — | #213 | 62 | |
| 1885 | — | #176 | 74 | |
| 1884 | — | #206 | 64 | |
| 1883 | — | #185 | 63 | |
| 1882 | — | #200 | 64 | |
| 1881 | — | #197 | 57 | |
| 1880 | — | #171 | 77 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #171 (77 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1880–2009
- 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%)
- 10.8% of all boys named Anton (2,580) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 674 | #171 (1880) | #192 |
| 1890s | 589 | #183 (1890) | #224 |
| 1900s | 537 | #244 (1901) | #273 |
| 1910s | 2,486 | #252 (1915) | #282 |
| 1920s | 2,049 | #372 (1920) | #426 |
| 1930s | 1,258 | #459 (1931) | #517 |
| 1940s | 1,127 | #553 (1941) | #599 |
| 1950s | 1,284 | #608 (1955) | #647 |
| 1960s | 1,536 | #537 (1969) | #625 |
| 1970s | 2,089 | #472 (1979) | #568 |
| 1980s | 2,367 | #498 (1980) | #579 |
| 1990s | 2,519 | #562 (1995) | #663 |
| 2000s | 2,580 | #651 (2002) | #765 |
| 2010s | 1,998 | #893 (2014) | #1,008 |
| 2020s | 822 | #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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 214,443 of them was named Anton, which outranked 39.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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- #7,134Zora9
- #7,749Anton8
- #7,749Aamber8
- #7,749Abbigayle8
- #7,749Abigael8
- #8,523Aaisha7
- #8,523Abagael7
- #8,523Abbygail7
Tied with 773 names at #7,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 8,486 of them was named Anton, which outranked 92.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).