Tony

Where Tony comes from

Clipping of Anthony /Antony. The statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing are formally known as “Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre”; they are named for Antoinette Perry (1888–1946), an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, who was nicknamed Tony.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tony
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #258 among boys — 42 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1953
    Tony Blair born
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
  3. 1957
    Tony Abbott born
    Prime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015
  4. 1965
    Peak, #48
    6,815 babies named Tony — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #78.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony
  • A female given name.
  • A surname transferred from the given name
Namesakes
  • Tony Blair · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, born 1953
  • Tony Abbott · Prime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015, born 1957
  • Tony Curtis · American actor, 1925–2010
  • Tony Parker · French basketball player, born 1982
  • Tony Scott · British film director and producer, 1944–2012

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.