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
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 6,815 births
- Debut · boys
- 42 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 251,595since 1880
Tony over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #783 | 325 | |
| 2024 | — | #806 | 313 | |
| 2023 | — | #841 | 290 | |
| 2022 | — | #698 | 379 | |
| 2021 | — | #679 | 392 | |
| 2020 | — | #630 | 427 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #592 | 467 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #583 | 471 |
| 2017 | — | #544 | 520 | |
| 2016 | — | #521 | 567 | |
| 2015 | — | #500 | 581 | |
| 2014 | — | #447 | 666 | |
| 2013 | — | #435 | 664 | |
| 2012 | — | #428 | 653 | |
| 2011 | — | #408 | 691 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #383 | 751 |
| 2009 | — | #378 | 805 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #354 | 886 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #320 | 1,002 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #328 | 985 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #318 | 1,030 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #321 | 959 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #302 | 1,000 |
| 2002 | — | #281 | 1,072 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #291 | 1,025 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #283 | 1,086 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #265 | 1,134 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #254 | 1,177 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #242 | 1,248 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #229 | 1,315 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #196 | 1,556 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #190 | 1,627 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #171 | 1,872 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #163 | 1,927 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | #155 | 2,102 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #147 | 2,183 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #132 | 2,301 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #133 | 2,243 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 | #123 | 2,291 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | #120 | 2,361 |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 | #113 | 2,525 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | #112 | 2,440 |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 | #119 | 2,351 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | #112 | 2,611 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 | #111 | 2,650 |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 | #108 | 2,727 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 | #104 | 2,645 |
| 1978 | #1,707 | 61 | #97 | 2,770 |
| 1977 | #1,952 | 50 | #92 | 2,938 |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 | #86 | 3,067 |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 | #80 | 3,322 |
| 1974 | #1,520 | 64 | #81 | 3,216 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 60 | #78 | 3,348 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 | #68 | 4,001 |
| 1971 | #1,456 | 71 | #62 | 4,889 |
| 1970 | #1,343 | 78 | #57 | 5,480 |
| 1969 | #1,355 | 71 | #54 | 5,516 |
| 1968 | #1,334 | 69 | #52 | 5,875 |
| 1967 | #1,348 | 66 | #50 | 6,220 |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | #49 | 6,571 |
| 1965 | #1,337 | 67 | #48 | 6,815 |
| 1964 | #1,578 | 52 | #50 | 7,199 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 | #52 | 7,879 |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 | #52 | 8,197 |
| 1961 | #1,420 | 62 | #53 | 8,306 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 | #52 | 7,999 |
| 1959 | #1,315 | 66 | #53 | 7,564 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 47 | #57 | 6,946 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 | #71 | 5,857 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #85 | 4,669 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 | #93 | 3,752 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 | #105 | 3,350 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | #117 | 2,771 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | #133 | 2,185 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #141 | 1,931 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | #149 | 1,757 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | #139 | 1,985 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | #125 | 2,269 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 | #126 | 2,280 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #129 | 1,972 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | #129 | 1,639 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | #143 | 1,494 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 | #145 | 1,455 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | #145 | 1,408 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 | #145 | 1,225 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #142 | 1,233 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | #140 | 1,175 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #153 | 1,059 |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | #160 | 922 |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 | #160 | 892 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 | #162 | 882 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #168 | 841 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | #171 | 810 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | #170 | 856 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #170 | 814 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #163 | 912 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 | #165 | 874 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 | #160 | 955 |
| 1927 | #1,384 | 34 | #153 | 1,033 |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | #156 | 1,012 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 | #158 | 977 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 | #156 | 1,034 |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 | #150 | 1,025 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 | #137 | 1,146 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | #134 | 1,196 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | #136 | 1,146 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #136 | 1,097 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #135 | 1,163 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #131 | 1,111 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | #132 | 1,054 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #130 | 1,016 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #138 | 733 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #147 | 508 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #152 | 394 |
| 1911 | — | #161 | 207 | |
| 1910 | — | #151 | 212 | |
| 1909 | — | #160 | 155 | |
| 1908 | — | #163 | 142 | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | #159 | 139 |
| 1906 | — | #188 | 96 | |
| 1905 | — | #201 | 86 | |
| 1904 | — | #198 | 87 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #200 | 78 |
| 1902 | — | #208 | 74 | |
| 1901 | — | #218 | 62 | |
| 1900 | — | #194 | 101 | |
| 1899 | — | #257 | 42 | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #245 | 51 |
| 1897 | — | #236 | 54 | |
| 1896 | — | #243 | 56 | |
| 1895 | — | #269 | 43 | |
| 1894 | — | #249 | 48 | |
| 1893 | — | #269 | 42 | |
| 1892 | — | #261 | 47 | |
| 1891 | — | #219 | 53 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #275 | 39 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | #242 | 45 |
| 1888 | — | #233 | 57 | |
| 1887 | — | #250 | 40 | |
| 1886 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1885 | — | #290 | 33 | |
| 1884 | — | #265 | 41 | |
| 1883 | — | #289 | 32 | |
| 1882 | — | #248 | 46 | |
| 1881 | — | #262 | 36 | |
| 1880 | — | #258 | 42 | |
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.
Where Tony is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#14 · 1 in 77
- Arizona#28 · 1 in 123
- California#60 · 1 in 278
- Colorado#71 · 1 in 325
- Texas#91 · 1 in 443
Best ever in a state: #10 in New Mexico, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #14 | 72 | 1 in 77 |
| Arizona | #28 | 39 | 1 in 123 |
| California | #60 | 172 | 1 in 278 |
| Colorado | #71 | 29 | 1 in 325 |
| Texas | #91 | 133 | 1 in 443 |
| Wyoming | #93 | 5 | 1 in 374 |
| North Carolina | #99 | 69 | 1 in 524 |
| Florida | #106 | 27 | 1 in 532 |
| Illinois | #120 | 62 | 1 in 892 |
| Oklahoma | #134 | 28 | 1 in 745 |
| Connecticut | #136 | 8 | 1 in 1,305 |
| South Carolina | #141 | 24 | 1 in 850 |
| Georgia | #145 | 34 | 1 in 898 |
| Tennessee | #148 | 29 | 1 in 933 |
| New Jersey | #149 | 15 | 1 in 1,712 |
| Idaho | #150 | 6 | 1 in 767 |
| Massachusetts | #152 | 13 | 1 in 2,226 |
| West Virginia | #152 | 20 | 1 in 949 |
| Kentucky | #157 | 29 | 1 in 942 |
| Montana | #158 | 5 | 1 in 901 |
| North Dakota | #158 | 6 | 1 in 918 |
| Missouri | #160 | 25 | 1 in 1,118 |
| New York | #160 | 54 | 1 in 1,627 |
| Indiana | #163 | 21 | 1 in 1,261 |
| Ohio | #163 | 36 | 1 in 1,432 |
| Washington | #163 | 10 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Michigan | #172 | 27 | 1 in 1,615 |
| Arkansas | #179 | 17 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Kansas | #180 | 11 | 1 in 1,197 |
| Wisconsin | #183 | 13 | 1 in 1,902 |
| Alabama | #189 | 21 | 1 in 1,331 |
| Pennsylvania | #189 | 29 | 1 in 2,548 |
| Iowa | #210 | 10 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Minnesota | #215 | 10 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Mississippi | #218 | 13 | 1 in 1,624 |
| Louisiana | #226 | 15 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Virginia | #238 | 12 | 1 in 1,927 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
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| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tony
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1965 at #48 (6,815 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1955–1978
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 28.1% of all boys named Tony (70,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 401 | #233 (1888) | #265 |
| 1890s | 475 | #219 (1891) | #252 |
| 1900s | 1,020 | #159 (1907) | #189 |
| 1910s | 7,495 | #130 (1915) | #141 |
| 1920s | 10,398 | #134 (1921) | #151 |
| 1930s | 9,163 | #140 (1939) | #162 |
| 1940s | 16,960 | #125 (1948) | #137 |
| 1950s | 40,782 | #53 (1959) | #100 |
| 1960s | 70,577 | #48 (1965) | #51 |
| 1970s | 35,676 | #57 (1970) | #81 |
| 1980s | 24,500 | #108 (1980) | #118 |
| 1990s | 16,141 | #147 (1990) | #201 |
| 2000s | 9,850 | #281 (2002) | #318 |
| 2010s | 6,031 | #383 (2010) | #484 |
| 2020s | 2,126 | #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 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 47,679 of them was named Tony, which outranked 68.0% 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).
- #1,544Shelbie24
- #1,544Theola24
- #1,544Wava24
- #1,585Tony23
- #1,585Alba23
- #1,585Albina23
- #1,585Annice23
- #1,638Adrian22
- #1,638Aggie22
- #1,638Alease22
Tied with 52 names at #1,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 942 of them was named Tony, which outranked 96.5% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.