Tony

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #783 for boys in 2025, 325 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#48
1965 · 6,815 births
Debut · boys
1880
42 births
In top 100 · boys
24 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
251,595
since 1880

Tony over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #48, 1965boys
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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—#783325
2024—#806313
2023—#841290
2022—#698379
2021—#679392
2020—#630427
2019#15,5395#592467
2018#15,6825#583471
2017—#544520
2016—#521567
2015—#500581
2014—#447666
2013—#435664
2012—#428653
2011—#408691
2010#16,9925#383751
2009—#378805
2008#17,5045#354886
2007#10,81810#3201,002
2006#15,1526#328985
2005#13,0107#3181,030
2004#11,6248#321959
2003#8,50512#3021,000
2002—#2811,072
2001#9,35110#2911,025
2000#11,8017#2831,086
1999#14,4115#2651,134
1998#8,58410#2541,177
1997#8,33410#2421,248
1996#7,13012#2291,315
1995#7,51411#1961,556
1994#4,84520#1901,627
1993#4,25724#1711,872
1992#5,26718#1631,927
1991#4,49722#1552,102
1990#4,00325#1472,183
1989#4,35821#1322,301
1988#4,17221#1332,243
1987#2,43442#1232,291
1986#2,97331#1202,361
1985#2,93931#1132,525
1984#2,57436#1122,440
1983#2,09747#1192,351
1982#2,70434#1122,611
1981#2,65734#1112,650
1980#2,48638#1082,727
1979#2,21844#1042,645
1978#1,70761#972,770
1977#1,95250#922,938
1976#1,53566#863,067
1975#1,72954#803,322
1974#1,52064#813,216
1973#1,54860#783,348
1972#1,69852#684,001
1971#1,45671#624,889
1970#1,34378#575,480
1969#1,35571#545,516
1968#1,33469#525,875
1967#1,34866#506,220
1966#1,43059#496,571
1965#1,33767#486,815
1964#1,57852#507,199
1963#1,52254#527,879
1962#1,65147#528,197
1961#1,42062#538,306
1960#1,43059#527,999
1959#1,31566#537,564
1958#1,55747#576,946
1957#1,47452#715,857
1956#2,24924#854,669
1955#1,69137#933,752
1954#1,83632#1053,350
1953#2,12224#1172,771
1952#2,41119#1332,185
1951#2,69415#1411,931
1950#2,18520#1491,757
1949#2,01323#1391,985
1948#2,12621#1252,269
1947#1,94625#1262,280
1946#2,09420#1291,972
1945#1,74323#1291,639
1944#1,96719#1431,494
1943#1,79123#1451,455
1942#1,91720#1451,408
1941#1,50127#1451,225
1940#2,02916#1421,233
1939#1,58523#1401,175
1938#2,73010#1531,059
1937#1,84518#160922
1936#1,48025#160892
1935#1,38128#162882
1934#1,77119#168841
1933#2,05215#171810
1932#1,81719#170856
1931#2,10515#170814
1930#1,46028#163912
1929#1,59824#165874
1928#1,42530#160955
1927#1,38434#1531,033
1926#1,83022#1561,012
1925#1,64726#158977
1924#1,72325#1561,034
1923#1,52029#1501,025
1922#1,83622#1371,146
1921#1,86722#1341,196
1920#1,75123#1361,146
1919#3,00510#1361,097
1918#3,5128#1351,163
1917#2,42813#1311,111
1916#2,13315#1321,054
1915#3,4347#1301,016
1914#3,1886#138733
1913#3,1875#147508
1912#2,6346#152394
1911—#161207
1910—#151212
1909—#160155
1908—#163142
1907#1,5128#159139
1906—#18896
1905—#20186
1904—#19887
1903#1,5926#20078
1902—#20874
1901—#21862
1900—#194101
1899—#25742
1898#1,7005#24551
1897—#23654
1896—#24356
1895—#26943
1894—#24948
1893—#26942
1892—#26147
1891—#21953
1890#1,3385#27539
1889#1,1476#24245
1888—#23357
1887—#25040
1886—#31729
1885—#29033
1884—#26541
1883—#28932
1882—#24846
1881—#26236
1880—#25842
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tony was already there! It came in at #258, and was given to 42 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1887, when fewer than 42 boys a year got the name.

See more about Tony
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#806 → #783)
  • 153 spots since 2020 (#630 → #783)
  • 283 spots since 2015 (#500 → #783)
  • Biggest jump: 67 spots in 1887 (#317 → #250)
  • Biggest drop: 143 spots in 2023 (#698 → #841)
Rise & fade · boys
85 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1965 at #48 (6,815 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1955–1978
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 252
  • Highest: 1 in 252 boys born in 1962 were named Tony (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,256 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #48 in 1965, was only 1 in 273 (0.37%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 28.1% of all boys named Tony (70,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s401#233 (1888)#265
1890s475#219 (1891)#252
1900s1,020#159 (1907)#189
1910s7,495#130 (1915)#141
1920s10,398#134 (1921)#151
1930s9,163#140 (1939)#162
1940s16,960#125 (1948)#137
1950s40,782#53 (1959)#100
1960s70,577#48 (1965)#51
1970s35,676#57 (1970)#81
1980s24,500#108 (1980)#118
1990s16,141#147 (1990)#201
2000s9,850#281 (2002)#318
2010s6,031#383 (2010)#484
2020s2,126#630 (2020)#740

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.

Tony in 1926

girls
#1,830
22 births · 1 in 53,882 girls
boys
#156
1,012 births · 1 in 1,097 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #1,830Tony22

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #156Tony1,012
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 53,882 of them was named Tony, which outranked 67.4% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tony
  1. #1,772Vicki23
  2. #1,772Will23
  3. #1,772Yaeko23
  4. #1,830Tony22
  5. #1,830Alejandra22
  6. #1,830Alison22
  7. #1,830Almira22
  8. #1,883Alla21
  9. #1,883Alvin21
  10. #1,883Arlee21

Tied with 52 names at #1,830; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,097 of them was named Tony, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tony
  1. #153Julius1,032
  2. #154Phillip1,020
  3. #155Ben1,013
  4. #156Tony1,012
  5. #156Edmund1,012
  6. #158Salvatore995
  7. #159Guy994
  8. #160Duane963

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

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →