Anthony

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #46 for boys in 2025, 5,967 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#7
2007 · 19,639 births
Debut · boys
1880
130 births
In top 100 · boys
144 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,488,042
since 1880

Anthony over time

boys

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

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #7, 2007boys
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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#9,45710#465,967
2024—#446,353
2023#10,3129#466,277
2022#12,2437#446,607
2021#15,2515#436,792
2020#10,2509#417,037
2019#13,7996#387,725
2018#15,6825#388,048
2017#10,6899#338,877
2016#9,41111#309,900
2015#8,44713#2510,664
2014#6,71318#2111,613
2013#7,74815#1912,295
2012#7,80415#1513,228
2011#5,54324#1114,290
2010#5,10827#1015,511
2009#5,37826#1116,327
2008#5,14228#718,417
2007#4,80830#719,639
2006#5,23326#919,413
2005#4,82827#819,387
2004#2,85156#1119,613
2003#3,65538#1020,149
2002#3,14645#1219,590
2001#3,36840#1119,737
2000#2,77752#1719,656
1999#2,56755#1819,472
1998#2,65151#1919,634
1997#2,93441#1820,034
1996#2,05867#1920,508
1995#1,68487#1920,482
1994#1,66390#1821,604
1993#1,61194#1921,788
1992#1,78281#1923,174
1991#1,68987#1824,447
1990#1,533100#1525,088
1989#1,267124#1624,423
1988#945178#1823,644
1987#819213#1723,127
1986#841198#1921,956
1985#819199#2022,104
1984#930158#2120,956
1983#914164#2219,830
1982#1,064135#2119,648
1981#1,068132#2318,569
1980#925161#2417,604
1979#950154#2117,513
1978#939150#2016,808
1977#947146#2116,804
1976#924140#2216,601
1975#932136#2116,489
1974#975126#2116,391
1973#880145#2116,414
1972#919134#2217,454
1971#938137#2319,223
1970#913143#2221,176
1969#817158#2020,904
1968#879137#2120,231
1967#793157#2120,887
1966#748172#2220,624
1965#982111#2220,326
1964#955121#2120,126
1963#1,010111#2220,250
1962#1,058104#2420,103
1961#978122#2520,209
1960#1,09297#2519,499
1959#1,17482#2617,972
1958#1,17382#2717,430
1957#1,30166#2717,057
1956#1,27267#3015,565
1955#1,33457#3114,170
1954#1,30058#3213,124
1953#1,67135#3211,693
1952#1,48742#3411,188
1951#1,66533#349,836
1950#2,00223#368,612
1949#2,21220#368,452
1948#2,00823#417,878
1947#2,04523#418,014
1946#1,80825#446,771
1945#2,91610#465,686
1944#2,40114#465,604
1943#1,83422#446,202
1942#1,76023#446,210
1941#1,88219#465,239
1940#1,84519#464,769
1939#1,42427#484,610
1938#2,02116#464,689
1937#1,53924#474,339
1936#1,95016#483,978
1935#1,48325#523,909
1934#1,91317#523,840
1933#1,44226#463,974
1932#1,23734#454,223
1931#1,14839#464,310
1930#1,40330#444,674
1929#1,04249#444,733
1928#1,39431#444,719
1927#1,45631#434,917
1926#1,35734#425,058
1925#1,70025#395,041
1924#1,99220#395,191
1923#1,63726#395,121
1922#1,73024#395,091
1921#1,82123#405,239
1920#1,40732#434,944
1919#1,64924#414,737
1918#1,96319#395,168
1917#1,84719#385,027
1916#2,02816#374,749
1915#1,47524#364,722
1914#1,81814#373,695
1913#2,3318#382,781
1912#2,1448#372,480
1911#1,9567#351,288
1910#2,1406#37980
1909—#40758
1908—#41690
1907—#46593
1906—#44542
1905—#48490
1904—#56422
1903—#54399
1902—#54420
1901#1,6795#62323
1900—#67406
1899—#64291
1898—#65325
1897—#76249
1896#1,5835#73276
1895—#86221
1894—#77257
1893—#81220
1892—#78255
1891—#96170
1890—#90189
1889—#80219
1888—#93193
1887—#98153
1886—#93174
1885—#95153
1884—#88179
1883—#92143
1882—#105139
1881—#100128
1880—#103130
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Anthony was already there! It came in at #103, and was given to 130 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 180 boys a year got the name.

Where Anthony is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #32 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 139 boysAKMaine: #54 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 249 boysMEVermont: #49 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 194 boysVTNew Hampshire: #44 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 210 boysNHWashington: #60 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 236 boysWAIdaho: #76 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 288 boysIDMontana: #69 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 262 boysMTNorth Dakota: #65 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 273 boysNDMinnesota: #60 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 264 boysMNIllinois: #24 for boys · 1,284 births · 1 in 90 boysILWisconsin: #41 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 168 boysWIMichigan: #30 for boys · 730 births · 1 in 129 boysMINew York: #13 for boys · 2,860 births · 1 in 63 boysNYMassachusetts: #29 for boys · 424 births · 1 in 135 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 75 boysRIOregon: #45 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 177 boysORNevada: #23 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 103 boysNVWyoming: #78 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 260 boysWYSouth Dakota: #68 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 290 boysSDIowa: #53 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 211 boysIAIndiana: #31 for boys · 438 births · 1 in 124 boysINOhio: #27 for boys · 985 births · 1 in 114 boysOHPennsylvania: #25 for boys · 1,299 births · 1 in 92 boysPANew Jersey: #14 for boys · 905 births · 1 in 69 boysNJConnecticut: #25 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 89 boysCTCalifornia: #25 for boys · 1,714 births · 1 in 108 boysCAUtah: #84 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 311 boysUTColorado: #28 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 103 boysCONebraska: #52 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 226 boysNEMissouri: #33 for boys · 382 births · 1 in 128 boysMOKentucky: #27 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 104 boysKYWest Virginia: #41 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 202 boysWVVirginia: #20 for boys · 412 births · 1 in 102 boysVAMaryland: #20 for boys · 385 births · 1 in 85 boysMDDelaware: #20 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 81 boysDEArizona: #30 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 138 boysAZNew Mexico: #12 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 87 boysNMKansas: #41 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 163 boysKSArkansas: #33 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 137 boysARTennessee: #19 for boys · 437 births · 1 in 90 boysTNNorth Carolina: #26 for boys · 470 births · 1 in 111 boysNCSouth Carolina: #14 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 84 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #11 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 51 boysDCOklahoma: #37 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 142 boysOKLouisiana: #18 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 97 boysLAMississippi: #25 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 121 boysMSAlabama: #18 for boys · 417 births · 1 in 91 boysALGeorgia: #15 for boys · 556 births · 1 in 87 boysGAHawaii: #39 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 151 boysHITexas: #34 for boys · 786 births · 1 in 156 boysTXFlorida: #15 for boys · 616 births · 1 in 89 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#11 · 1 in 51
  2. New Mexico#12 · 1 in 87
  3. New York#13 · 1 in 63
  4. New Jersey#14 · 1 in 69
  5. South Carolina#14 · 1 in 84

Best ever in a state: #1 in Nevada, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#112911 in 51
New Mexico#121581 in 87
New York#132,8601 in 63
New Jersey#149051 in 69
South Carolina#143391 in 84
Florida#156161 in 89
Georgia#155561 in 87
Alabama#184171 in 91
Louisiana#184351 in 97
Rhode Island#191211 in 75
Tennessee#194371 in 90
Delaware#20631 in 81
Maryland#203851 in 85
Virginia#204121 in 102
Nevada#23281 in 103
Illinois#241,2841 in 90
California#251,7141 in 108
Connecticut#253021 in 89
Mississippi#252231 in 121
Pennsylvania#251,2991 in 92
North Carolina#264701 in 111
Kentucky#273401 in 104
Ohio#279851 in 114
Colorado#282081 in 103
Massachusetts#294241 in 135
Arizona#301231 in 138
Michigan#307301 in 129
Indiana#314381 in 124
Alaska#32231 in 139
Arkansas#331411 in 137
Missouri#333821 in 128
Texas#347861 in 156
Oklahoma#371671 in 142
Hawaii#39481 in 151
Kansas#411411 in 163
West Virginia#41941 in 202
Wisconsin#412861 in 168
New Hampshire#44291 in 210
Oregon#451021 in 177
Vermont#49201 in 194
Nebraska#52721 in 226
Iowa#531481 in 211
Maine#54441 in 249
Minnesota#601611 in 264
Washington#601311 in 236
North Dakota#65271 in 273
South Dakota#68271 in 290
Montana#69291 in 262
Idaho#76261 in 288
Wyoming#78131 in 260
Utah#84391 in 311

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 Anthony
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#44 → #46)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#41 → #46)
  • 21 spots since 2015 (#25 → #46)
  • Biggest jump: 18 spots in 1892 (#96 → #78)
  • Biggest drop: 10 spots in 1890 (#80 → #90)
Rise & fade · boys
127 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2007 at #7 (19,639 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: 6 yrs · run 2005–2008
  • Top 100: 144 yrs · run 1883–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 81
  • Highest: 1 in 81 boys born in 1987 were named Anthony (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 286 boys born in 2025 (0.35%)
  • Its best rank, #7 in 2007, was only 1 in 106 (0.95%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 14.5% of all boys named Anthony (216,231) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,611#80 (1889)#95
1890s2,453#64 (1899)#79
1900s5,043#40 (1909)#51
1910s35,627#35 (1911)#38
1920s50,054#39 (1924)#41
1930s42,546#44 (1930)#47
1940s64,825#36 (1949)#43
1950s136,647#26 (1959)#31
1960s203,159#20 (1969)#22
1970s174,873#20 (1978)#21
1980s211,861#16 (1989)#20
1990s216,231#15 (1990)#18
2000s191,928#7 (2007)#10
2010s112,151#10 (2010)#24
2020s39,033#41 (2020)#44

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.

Anthony in 1960

girls
#1,092
97 births · 1 in 20,845 girls
boys
#25
19,499 births · 1 in 109 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #1,092Anthony97

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #25Anthony19,499
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 20,845 of them was named Anthony, which outranked 85.1% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anthony
  1. #1,087Elyse98
  2. #1,087Laure98
  3. #1,087Lolita98
  4. #1,092Anthony97
  5. #1,092Brigid97
  6. #1,092Daryl97
  7. #1,092Isabelle97
  8. #1,097Coral96
  9. #1,097Effie96
  10. #1,097Gisele96

Tied with 4 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 109 of them was named Anthony, which outranked 99.5% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anthony
  1. #22Gary21,693
  2. #23Scott21,606
  3. #24Gregory20,304
  4. #25Anthony19,499
  5. #26Edward16,595
  6. #27Stephen16,267
  7. #28Larry15,988
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,061Stephon#3,988 → #927
  2. ↑ 1,039Kennedy#1,759 → #720
  3. ↑ 489Darryle#1,416 → #927
  4. ↑ 379Garret#1,360 → #981
  5. ↑ 373Darryll#1,324 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 333Grayling#987 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 327Lucious#946 → #1,273
  3. ↓ 274Brion#919 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 261Gail#747 → #1,008
  5. ↓ 254Delton#939 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →