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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #30 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 102 boysAKMaine: #46 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 194 boysMEVermont: #36 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 136 boysVTNew Hampshire: #42 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 149 boysNHWashington: #26 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 111 boysWAIdaho: #45 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 180 boysIDMontana: #42 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 156 boysMTNorth Dakota: #43 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 160 boysNDMinnesota: #27 for boys · 316 births · 1 in 103 boysMNIllinois: #19 for boys · 1,362 births · 1 in 71 boysILWisconsin: #30 for boys · 322 births · 1 in 114 boysWIMichigan: #24 for boys · 952 births · 1 in 85 boysMINew York: #11 for boys · 2,631 births · 1 in 59 boysNYMassachusetts: #28 for boys · 449 births · 1 in 104 boysMARhode Island: #24 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 76 boysRIOregon: #26 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 106 boysORNevada: #24 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 100 boysNVWyoming: #36 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 140 boysWYSouth Dakota: #33 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 134 boysSDIowa: #32 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 131 boysIAIndiana: #23 for boys · 586 births · 1 in 81 boysINOhio: #24 for boys · 1,168 births · 1 in 83 boysOHPennsylvania: #25 for boys · 1,051 births · 1 in 89 boysPANew Jersey: #13 for boys · 905 births · 1 in 61 boysNJConnecticut: #23 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 83 boysCTCalifornia: #19 for boys · 2,105 births · 1 in 85 boysCAUtah: #45 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 171 boysUTColorado: #25 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 100 boysCONebraska: #32 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 129 boysNEMissouri: #23 for boys · 442 births · 1 in 90 boysMOKentucky: #17 for boys · 412 births · 1 in 70 boysKYWest Virginia: #33 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 126 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 473 births · 1 in 81 boysVAMaryland: #24 for boys · 319 births · 1 in 88 boysMDDelaware: #19 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 71 boysDEArizona: #25 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 119 boysAZNew Mexico: #15 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 77 boysNMKansas: #26 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 103 boysKSArkansas: #12 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 76 boysARTennessee: #16 for boys · 471 births · 1 in 75 boysTNNorth Carolina: #15 for boys · 595 births · 1 in 77 boysNCSouth Carolina: #13 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 68 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #9 for boys · 235 births · 1 in 52 boysDCOklahoma: #33 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 130 boysOKLouisiana: #15 for boys · 404 births · 1 in 84 boysLAMississippi: #9 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 59 boysMSAlabama: #10 for boys · 442 births · 1 in 70 boysALGeorgia: #11 for boys · 601 births · 1 in 75 boysGAHawaii: #29 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 121 boysHITexas: #24 for boys · 910 births · 1 in 126 boysTXFlorida: #20 for boys · 640 births · 1 in 84 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#9 · 1 in 52
  2. Mississippi#9 · 1 in 59
  3. Alabama#10 · 1 in 70
  4. New York#11 · 1 in 59
  5. Georgia#11 · 1 in 75

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#92351 in 52
Mississippi#93591 in 59
Alabama#104421 in 70
Georgia#116011 in 75
New York#112,6311 in 59
Arkansas#122121 in 76
New Jersey#139051 in 61
South Carolina#133451 in 68
Louisiana#154041 in 84
New Mexico#151241 in 77
North Carolina#155951 in 77
Tennessee#164711 in 75
Kentucky#174121 in 70
Virginia#184731 in 81
California#192,1051 in 85
Delaware#19631 in 71
Illinois#191,3621 in 71
Florida#206401 in 84
Connecticut#232791 in 83
Indiana#235861 in 81
Missouri#234421 in 90
Maryland#243191 in 88
Michigan#249521 in 85
Nevada#24381 in 100
Ohio#241,1681 in 83
Rhode Island#24971 in 76
Texas#249101 in 126
Arizona#251431 in 119
Colorado#251981 in 100
Pennsylvania#251,0511 in 89
Kansas#261611 in 103
Oregon#261561 in 106
Washington#262541 in 111
Minnesota#273161 in 103
Massachusetts#284491 in 104
Hawaii#29551 in 121
Alaska#30311 in 102
Wisconsin#303221 in 114
Iowa#321771 in 131
Nebraska#32931 in 129
Oklahoma#331551 in 130
South Dakota#33381 in 134
West Virginia#331111 in 126
Vermont#36261 in 136
Wyoming#36181 in 140
Montana#42341 in 156
New Hampshire#42391 in 149
North Dakota#43321 in 160
Idaho#45341 in 180
Utah#45721 in 171
Maine#46411 in 194

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 1970

girls
#913
143 births · 1 in 12,225 girls
boys
#22
21,176 births · 1 in 88 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #913Anthony143

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #22Anthony21,176
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 12,225 of them was named Anthony, which outranked 90.2% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anthony
  1. #910Kimberli144
  2. #910Melonie144
  3. #910Tisa144
  4. #913Anthony143
  5. #914Maya142
  6. #914Stephenie142
  7. #916Gerri141
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 88 of them was named Anthony, which outranked 99.6% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anthony
  1. #19Daniel23,521
  2. #20Timothy22,422
  3. #21Charles22,411
  4. #22Anthony21,176
  5. #23Paul20,196
  6. #24Matthew20,185
  7. #25Kenneth16,800
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →