Antonia

#1,279 for girls in 2025, 175 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 92.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 28 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
34,222
since 1880

Antonia over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #336, 1882peak #774, 1974girlsboys
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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#1,279175
2024#1,056236
2023#1,120219
2022#1,246193
2021#1,153212
2020#1,173198
2019#1,089229
2018#1,199198
2017#1,009257
2016#996265
2015#1,018262
2014#979272
2013#1,034241#12,1365
2012#1,111223#10,7706
2011#1,061232#9,6007
2010#1,165208
2009#1,249197#8,9858
2008#1,045250#12,5535
2007#984273#10,9216
2006#1,004257#7,9989
2005#832306#7,09610
2004#784329#8,1438
2003#737346#6,25811
2002#637399#7,0559
2001#608414#8,3397
2000#615413#6,31610
1999#574433#6,5309
1998#540465#8,4796
1997#486513#4,05916
1996#395669#5,9829
1995#543437#3,85416
1994#669318#3,59618
1993#705303#2,78625
1992#652342#2,36231
1991#691309#2,34430
1990#659337#2,08635
1989#658310#1,91938
1988#575357#1,55347
1987#578343#1,27259
1986#571342#1,24260
1985#566348#1,29055
1984#553339#1,42245
1983#561324#1,07568
1982#577317#1,15063
1981#546341#1,00282
1980#558333#1,05573
1979#644270#94587
1978#608281#94584
1977#632265#89989
1976#563298#87392
1975#617255#84197
1974#545310#774108
1973#564292#86584
1972#580282#85688
1971#597289#89383
1970#577308#95171
1969#585287#97262
1968#645226#96857
1967#640225#1,10245
1966#599248#96856
1965#572280#1,18941
1964#646250#98958
1963#635252#1,17543
1962#657238#1,08250
1961#610275#1,34935
1960#627258#1,52328
1959#590282#1,43930
1958#564301#1,48328
1957#596265#1,58325
1956#518327#2,26313
1955#512327#2,13914
1954#465359#2,7439
1953#485318#2,7099
1952#451365#2,51410
1951#460329#2,8448
1950#460310#2,5809
1949#442324#3,2986
1948#417357#3,0107
1947#479293
1946#462286
1945#446254#2,7437
1944#441265
1943#473243
1942#459261#3,2126
1941#452233#2,8727
1940#484199
1939#468205#3,4805
1938#474196
1937#442222
1936#435219#3,1476
1935#442213
1934#441216#2,7428
1933#417237#2,09312
1932#442224#2,10113
1931#426232#2,8648
1930#412256#2,7819
1929#395289#2,7669
1928#385302#2,38712
1927#374335#2,29813
1926#376327#2,56611
1925#410281#4,1975
1924#373334#3,2608
1923#384299#2,61411
1922#394280#4,3075
1921#361338#3,2148
1920#373312
1919#407252#3,7366
1918#382292#3,7286
1917#390264#2,28012
1916#398248#3,5166
1915#393235#3,8255
1914#374202#2,4578
1913#369171
1912#379146
1911#388109
1910#46673
1909#44569
1908#41974
1907#41872
1906#45357
1905#41367
1904#41261
1903#41957
1902#47843
1901#38558
1900#46852
1899#39653
1898#42253
1897#49135
1896#39252
1895#38453
1894#37755
1893#42241
1892#41341
1891#41336
1890#41237
1889#41035
1888#36244
1887#43526
1886#38731
1885#34833
1884#36630
1883#45118
1882#33628
1881#47013
1880#38818
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Antonia was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.

See more about Antonia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 223 spots since 2024 (#1,056#1,279)
  • 106 spots since 2020 (#1,173#1,279)
  • 261 spots since 2015 (#1,018#1,279)
  • Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1996 (#543#395)
  • Biggest drop: 172 spots in 2006 (#832#1,004)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #336 (28 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 129 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2005
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,620
  • Highest: 1 in 2,620 girls born in 1996 were named Antonia (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,184 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #336 in 1882, was only 1 in 3,852 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 12.1% of all girls named Antonia (4,126) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s276#336 (1882)#395
1890s456#377 (1894)#412
1900s610#385 (1901)#431
1910s1,992#369 (1913)#395
1920s3,097#361 (1921)#383
1930s2,220#412 (1930)#440
1940s2,715#417 (1948)#456
1950s3,183#451 (1952)#510
1960s2,539#572 (1965)#622
1970s2,850#545 (1974)#593
1980s3,354#546 (1981)#574
1990s4,126#395 (1996)#591
2000s3,184#608 (2001)#850
2010s2,387#979 (2014)#1,066
2020s1,233#1,056 (2024)#1,171

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.

Antonia in 1917

girls
#390
264 births · 1 in 4,096 girls
boys
#2,280
12 births · 1 in 77,124 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #390Antonia264

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #2,280Antonia12
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 4,096 of them was named Antonia, which outranked 92.7% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Antonia
  1. #386Nona266
  2. #388Althea265
  3. #388Roxie265
  4. #390Antonia264
  5. #391Catharine263
  6. #392Corine262
  7. #393Dessie256
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 77,124 of them was named Antonia, which outranked 50.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Antonia
  1. #2,188Viola13
  2. #2,188Waddell13
  3. #2,188Waldon13
  4. #2,280Antonia12
  5. #2,280Abbott12
  6. #2,280Abie12
  7. #2,280Alven12
  8. #2,423Agapito11
  9. #2,423Agnes11
  10. #2,423Aldrich11

Tied with 142 names at #2,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917