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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #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 1939

girls
#468
205 births · 1 in 5,349 girls
boys
#3,480
5 births · 1 in 221,370 boys

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #468Antonia205

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #3,480Antonia5
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 5,349 of them was named Antonia, which outranked 90.5% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Antonia
  1. #465Robert208
  2. #466Peggie206
  3. #466Rosalee206
  4. #468Antonia205
  5. #469Elma204
  6. #470Nannie202
  7. #471Gerry200
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 880April#1,805#925
  2. 865Karel#1,703#838
  3. 725Hedy#1,650#925
  4. 722Vivien#1,703#981
  5. 709Karon#1,547#838
Fallers
  1. 712Eulalia#972#1,684
  2. 446Shelvia#955#1,401
  3. 358Naoma#992#1,350
  4. 304Imelda#890#1,194
  5. 279Helaine#870#1,149

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

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 221,370 of them was named Antonia, which outranked 12.3% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Antonia
  1. #3,113Wynn6
  2. #3,113Zackie6
  3. #3,113Zan6
  4. #3,480Antonia5
  5. #3,480Abbie5
  6. #3,480Adelard5
  7. #3,480Adrin5

Tied with 488 names at #3,480; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 463Alfonzo#1,439#976
  2. 447Rod#1,439#992
  3. 443Estel#1,397#954
  4. 422Cameron#1,364#942
  5. 421Turner#1,337#916
Fallers
  1. 518Gonzalo#779#1,297
  2. 497Judge#992#1,489
  3. 396Melville#963#1,359
  4. 355Agustin#883#1,238
  5. 351Antone#921#1,272

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

See the top 100 for 1939