Anthon
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 406since 1916
Anthon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Anthon has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
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| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
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| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
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| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
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| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Anthon! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Anthon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Anthon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Anthon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1973 at #2,606 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 111,327
- Highest: 1 in 111,327 boys born in 1973 were named Anthon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 20.9% of all boys named Anthon (85) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #3,391 (1919) | #3,753 |
| 1920s | 29 | #2,904 (1926) | #3,476 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 12 | #3,109 (1944) | #3,161 |
| 1950s | 12 | #3,176 (1954) | #3,429 |
| 1960s | 45 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,274 |
| 1970s | 85 | #2,606 (1973) | #4,047 |
| 1980s | 52 | #3,959 (1987) | #5,265 |
| 1990s | 71 | #4,005 (1991) | #6,857 |
| 2000s | 46 | #6,088 (2002) | #8,600 |
| 2010s | 25 | #8,803 (2010) | #10,688 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,821 (2023) | #10,821 |
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.
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