Anton
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #7,749 · #1,388 for boys in 2025, 132 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 77 births
- Debut · boys
- 77 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 23,915since 1880
Anton over time
Rank among boys' names. Anton has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #1,388 | 132 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,481 | 122 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,465 | 123 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,393 | 133 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,198 | 162 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,240 | 150 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,132 | 172 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,094 | 179 | |
| 2017 | — | #987 | 207 | |
| 2016 | — | #993 | 205 | |
| 2015 | — | #966 | 214 | |
| 2014 | — | #893 | 241 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,020 | 191 | |
| 2012 | — | #979 | 204 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,008 | 192 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,012 | 193 | |
| 2009 | — | #973 | 205 | |
| 2008 | — | #840 | 259 | |
| 2007 | — | #844 | 252 | |
| 2006 | — | #718 | 301 | |
| 2005 | — | #749 | 268 | |
| 2004 | — | #754 | 244 | |
| 2003 | — | #726 | 252 | |
| 2002 | — | #651 | 290 | |
| 2001 | — | #696 | 258 | |
| 2000 | — | #701 | 251 | |
| 1999 | — | #671 | 252 | |
| 1998 | — | #673 | 253 | |
| 1997 | — | #717 | 220 | |
| 1996 | — | #722 | 217 | |
| 1995 | — | #562 | 332 | |
| 1994 | — | #582 | 317 | |
| 1993 | — | #748 | 195 | |
| 1992 | — | #692 | 224 | |
| 1991 | — | #663 | 232 | |
| 1990 | — | #602 | 277 | |
| 1989 | — | #674 | 219 | |
| 1988 | — | #620 | 232 | |
| 1987 | — | #618 | 216 | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #604 | 217 |
| 1985 | — | #581 | 226 | |
| 1984 | — | #565 | 227 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #513 | 268 |
| 1982 | — | #556 | 242 | |
| 1981 | — | #558 | 234 | |
| 1980 | — | #498 | 286 | |
| 1979 | — | #472 | 303 | |
| 1978 | — | #604 | 190 | |
| 1977 | — | #639 | 176 | |
| 1976 | — | #591 | 189 | |
| 1975 | — | #524 | 236 | |
| 1974 | — | #595 | 180 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #562 | 200 |
| 1972 | — | #546 | 212 | |
| 1971 | — | #592 | 194 | |
| 1970 | — | #559 | 209 | |
| 1969 | — | #537 | 214 | |
| 1968 | — | #559 | 184 | |
| 1967 | — | #552 | 182 | |
| 1966 | — | #660 | 125 | |
| 1965 | — | #697 | 113 | |
| 1964 | — | #629 | 152 | |
| 1963 | — | #620 | 158 | |
| 1962 | — | #657 | 139 | |
| 1961 | — | #708 | 117 | |
| 1960 | — | #631 | 152 | |
| 1959 | — | #644 | 142 | |
| 1958 | — | #675 | 127 | |
| 1957 | — | #658 | 135 | |
| 1956 | — | #679 | 123 | |
| 1955 | — | #608 | 148 | |
| 1954 | — | #659 | 121 | |
| 1953 | — | #686 | 108 | |
| 1952 | — | #608 | 134 | |
| 1951 | — | #635 | 123 | |
| 1950 | — | #621 | 123 | |
| 1949 | — | #661 | 108 | |
| 1948 | — | #697 | 92 | |
| 1947 | — | #624 | 120 | |
| 1946 | — | #592 | 117 | |
| 1945 | — | #567 | 113 | |
| 1944 | — | #554 | 119 | |
| 1943 | — | #557 | 129 | |
| 1942 | — | #611 | 106 | |
| 1941 | — | #553 | 117 | |
| 1940 | — | #576 | 106 | |
| 1939 | — | #556 | 106 | |
| 1938 | — | #506 | 133 | |
| 1937 | — | #517 | 124 | |
| 1936 | — | #552 | 107 | |
| 1935 | — | #566 | 104 | |
| 1934 | — | #557 | 112 | |
| 1933 | — | #477 | 139 | |
| 1932 | — | #490 | 137 | |
| 1931 | — | #459 | 151 | |
| 1930 | — | #494 | 145 | |
| 1929 | — | #472 | 155 | |
| 1928 | — | #479 | 163 | |
| 1927 | — | #471 | 165 | |
| 1926 | — | #436 | 192 | |
| 1925 | — | #444 | 183 | |
| 1924 | — | #430 | 202 | |
| 1923 | — | #399 | 223 | |
| 1922 | — | #385 | 245 | |
| 1921 | — | #375 | 261 | |
| 1920 | — | #372 | 260 | |
| 1919 | — | #303 | 326 | |
| 1918 | — | #321 | 314 | |
| 1917 | — | #277 | 343 | |
| 1916 | — | #279 | 334 | |
| 1915 | — | #252 | 357 | |
| 1914 | — | #255 | 286 | |
| 1913 | — | #259 | 216 | |
| 1912 | — | #283 | 159 | |
| 1911 | — | #305 | 77 | |
| 1910 | — | #282 | 74 | |
| 1909 | — | #289 | 61 | |
| 1908 | — | #269 | 63 | |
| 1907 | — | #294 | 52 | |
| 1906 | — | #309 | 44 | |
| 1905 | — | #266 | 55 | |
| 1904 | — | #285 | 45 | |
| 1903 | — | #248 | 56 | |
| 1902 | — | #254 | 53 | |
| 1901 | — | #244 | 50 | |
| 1900 | — | #269 | 58 | |
| 1899 | — | #231 | 52 | |
| 1898 | — | #245 | 51 | |
| 1897 | — | #272 | 43 | |
| 1896 | — | #265 | 46 | |
| 1895 | — | #218 | 63 | |
| 1894 | — | #209 | 64 | |
| 1893 | — | #193 | 75 | |
| 1892 | — | #205 | 71 | |
| 1891 | — | #223 | 51 | |
| 1890 | — | #183 | 73 | |
| 1889 | — | #182 | 74 | |
| 1888 | — | #204 | 72 | |
| 1887 | — | #185 | 67 | |
| 1886 | — | #213 | 62 | |
| 1885 | — | #176 | 74 | |
| 1884 | — | #206 | 64 | |
| 1883 | — | #185 | 63 | |
| 1882 | — | #200 | 64 | |
| 1881 | — | #197 | 57 | |
| 1880 | — | #171 | 77 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Anton was already there! It came in at #171, and was given to 77 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1909, when fewer than 65 boys a year got the name.
Where Anton is popular in 1995
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#167 · 1 in 691
- Michigan#307 · 1 in 2,420
- Illinois#367 · 1 in 2,582
- Minnesota#378 · 1 in 4,047
- New Jersey#382 · 1 in 3,539
Best ever in a state: #43 in North Dakota, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #167 | 8 | 1 in 691 |
| Michigan | #307 | 25 | 1 in 2,420 |
| Illinois | #367 | 32 | 1 in 2,582 |
| Minnesota | #378 | 7 | 1 in 4,047 |
| New Jersey | #382 | 14 | 1 in 3,539 |
| Wisconsin | #395 | 8 | 1 in 3,678 |
| Oregon | #415 | 6 | 1 in 3,218 |
| Oklahoma | #423 | 6 | 1 in 3,240 |
| Tennessee | #426 | 9 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Virginia | #431 | 11 | 1 in 3,624 |
| Ohio | #432 | 16 | 1 in 4,494 |
| Mississippi | #437 | 5 | 1 in 3,011 |
| North Carolina | #459 | 11 | 1 in 4,074 |
| New York | #460 | 31 | 1 in 3,946 |
| California | #536 | 45 | 1 in 5,779 |
| Arizona | #560 | 6 | 1 in 5,413 |
| Indiana | #563 | 6 | 1 in 6,350 |
| Maryland | #601 | 5 | 1 in 5,902 |
| Pennsylvania | #635 | 8 | 1 in 8,861 |
| Florida | #666 | 12 | 1 in 7,075 |
| Texas | #808 | 15 | 1 in 10,207 |
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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 Anton
- 93 spots since 2024 (#1,481 → #1,388)
- 148 spots since 2020 (#1,240 → #1,388)
- 422 spots since 2015 (#966 → #1,388)
- Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1994 (#748 → #582)
- Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1996 (#562 → #722)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #171 (77 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1880–2009
- Highest: 1 in 1,435 boys born in 1880 were named Anton (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,940 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 10.8% of all boys named Anton (2,580) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 674 | #171 (1880) | #192 |
| 1890s | 589 | #183 (1890) | #224 |
| 1900s | 537 | #244 (1901) | #273 |
| 1910s | 2,486 | #252 (1915) | #282 |
| 1920s | 2,049 | #372 (1920) | #426 |
| 1930s | 1,258 | #459 (1931) | #517 |
| 1940s | 1,127 | #553 (1941) | #599 |
| 1950s | 1,284 | #608 (1955) | #647 |
| 1960s | 1,536 | #537 (1969) | #625 |
| 1970s | 2,089 | #472 (1979) | #568 |
| 1980s | 2,367 | #498 (1980) | #579 |
| 1990s | 2,519 | #562 (1995) | #663 |
| 2000s | 2,580 | #651 (2002) | #765 |
| 2010s | 1,998 | #893 (2014) | #1,008 |
| 2020s | 822 | #1,198 (2021) | #1,361 |
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.
Anton in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 5,734 of them was named Anton, which outranked 94.6% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.