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.
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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 146,084 of them was named Tony, which outranked 55.1% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,723Zohra13
- #6,723Zowie13
- #6,723Zuleyka13
- #7,130Tony12
- #7,130Aalyiah12
- #7,130Abagayle12
- #7,130Abelina12
- #7,574Aaleyah11
- #7,574Aarin11
- #7,574Abbe11
Tied with 443 names at #7,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,441 of them was named Tony, which outranked 97.8% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.