Meaning not yet researched.
Anton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 132 in 2025. Its best rank was #171 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #171 in 1880; #1,389 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Anton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,389 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #171.
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Anton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 132 boys in 2025. Peak: #171 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 357 (1915).
In 2025, 132 US boys were named Anton, making it the 1,389th most common boys’ name of the year, up 92 places from #1,481 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 122 boys named Anton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #171, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 357, in 1915. For comparison, it was #967 in 2015 and #621 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Anton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 77 babies with the name. In all, 23,936 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 2,580 babies named Anton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,585 US boys were named Anton; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 207. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,940 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Anton ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #573 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Anthony (1,495,156 babies since 1880), Antonio (264,970 babies since 1880), Tony (254,483 babies since 1880) and Toni (101,762 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Antuan, Antawn and Anthon are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Antuan (1,407), Antawn (592), Anthon (406), Antion (190), Antaun (15), Antyon (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Anton in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 41 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 8 | #573 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #815 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #919 | — |
| Virginia | 6 | #976 | #997 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,031 | #643 |
| California | 17 | #1,154 | #781 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,196 | #1,035 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,275 | #908 |
| New York | 8 | #1,305 | #702 |
| Texas | 5 | #2,594 | #1,450 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 132 | #1,389 |
| 2024 | — | — | 122 | #1,481 |
| 2023 | — | — | 123 | #1,466 |
| 2022 | — | — | 133 | #1,394 |
| 2021 | — | — | 162 | #1,198 |
| 2020 | — | — | 150 | #1,240 |
| 2019 | — | — | 172 | #1,132 |
| 2018 | — | — | 179 | #1,095 |
| 2017 | — | — | 207 | #987 |
| 2016 | — | — | 205 | #993 |
| 2015 | — | — | 214 | #967 |
| 2014 | — | — | 241 | #893 |
| 2013 | — | — | 191 | #1,020 |
| 2012 | — | — | 204 | #979 |
| 2011 | — | — | 192 | #1,009 |
| 2010 | — | — | 193 | #1,012 |
| 2009 | — | — | 205 | #973 |
| 2008 | — | — | 259 | #840 |
| 2007 | — | — | 252 | #844 |
| 2006 | — | — | 301 | #718 |
| 2005 | — | — | 268 | #749 |
| 2004 | — | — | 244 | #754 |
| 2003 | — | — | 252 | #726 |
| 2002 | — | — | 290 | #651 |
| 2001 | — | — | 258 | #696 |
| 2000 | — | — | 251 | #701 |
| 1999 | — | — | 252 | #671 |
| 1998 | — | — | 253 | #673 |
| 1997 | — | — | 220 | #717 |
| 1996 | — | — | 217 | #722 |
| 1995 | — | — | 332 | #562 |
| 1994 | — | — | 317 | #582 |
| 1993 | — | — | 195 | #748 |
| 1992 | — | — | 224 | #692 |
| 1991 | — | — | 232 | #663 |
| 1990 | — | — | 277 | #602 |
| 1989 | — | — | 219 | #674 |
| 1988 | — | — | 232 | #620 |
| 1987 | — | — | 216 | #618 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,792 | 217 | #604 |
| 1985 | — | — | 226 | #581 |
| 1984 | — | — | 227 | #565 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,367 | 268 | #513 |
| 1982 | — | — | 242 | #556 |
| 1981 | — | — | 234 | #558 |
| 1980 | — | — | 286 | #498 |
| 1979 | — | — | 303 | #472 |
| 1978 | — | — | 190 | #604 |
| 1977 | — | — | 176 | #639 |
| 1976 | — | — | 189 | #591 |
| 1975 | — | — | 236 | #524 |
| 1974 | — | — | 180 | #596 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,116 | 200 | #562 |
| 1972 | — | — | 212 | #546 |
| 1971 | — | — | 194 | #592 |
| 1970 | — | — | 209 | #559 |
| 1969 | — | — | 214 | #537 |
| 1968 | — | — | 184 | #559 |
| 1967 | — | — | 182 | #552 |
| 1966 | — | — | 125 | #660 |
| 1965 | — | — | 113 | #697 |
| 1964 | — | — | 152 | #629 |
| 1963 | — | — | 158 | #620 |
| 1962 | — | — | 139 | #657 |
| 1961 | — | — | 117 | #708 |
| 1960 | — | — | 152 | #631 |
| 1959 | — | — | 142 | #644 |
| 1958 | — | — | 127 | #675 |
| 1957 | — | — | 135 | #659 |
| 1956 | — | — | 123 | #679 |
| 1955 | — | — | 148 | #608 |
| 1954 | — | — | 121 | #659 |
| 1953 | — | — | 108 | #686 |
| 1952 | — | — | 134 | #608 |
| 1951 | — | — | 123 | #635 |
| 1950 | — | — | 123 | #621 |
| 1949 | — | — | 108 | #661 |
| 1948 | — | — | 92 | #697 |
| 1947 | — | — | 120 | #624 |
| 1946 | — | — | 117 | #593 |
| 1945 | — | — | 113 | #568 |
| 1944 | — | — | 119 | #554 |
| 1943 | — | — | 129 | #557 |
| 1942 | — | — | 106 | #612 |
| 1941 | — | — | 117 | #553 |
| 1940 | — | — | 106 | #576 |
| 1939 | — | — | 106 | #556 |
| 1938 | — | — | 133 | #506 |
| 1937 | — | — | 124 | #517 |
| 1936 | — | — | 107 | #553 |
| 1935 | — | — | 104 | #566 |
| 1934 | — | — | 112 | #557 |
| 1933 | — | — | 139 | #477 |
| 1932 | — | — | 137 | #490 |
| 1931 | — | — | 151 | #459 |
| 1930 | — | — | 145 | #494 |
| 1929 | — | — | 155 | #472 |
| 1928 | — | — | 163 | #479 |
| 1927 | — | — | 165 | #471 |
| 1926 | — | — | 192 | #436 |
| 1925 | — | — | 183 | #444 |
| 1924 | — | — | 202 | #430 |
| 1923 | — | — | 223 | #399 |
| 1922 | — | — | 245 | #385 |
| 1921 | — | — | 261 | #375 |
| 1920 | — | — | 260 | #372 |
| 1919 | — | — | 326 | #303 |
| 1918 | — | — | 314 | #321 |
| 1917 | — | — | 343 | #277 |
| 1916 | — | — | 334 | #279 |
| 1915 | — | — | 357 | #252 |
| 1914 | — | — | 286 | #255 |
| 1913 | — | — | 216 | #259 |
| 1912 | — | — | 159 | #283 |
| 1911 | — | — | 77 | #305 |
| 1910 | — | — | 74 | #283 |
| 1909 | — | — | 61 | #289 |
| 1908 | — | — | 63 | #269 |
| 1907 | — | — | 52 | #294 |
| 1906 | — | — | 44 | #309 |
| 1905 | — | — | 55 | #266 |
| 1904 | — | — | 45 | #286 |
| 1903 | — | — | 56 | #249 |
| 1902 | — | — | 53 | #254 |
| 1901 | — | — | 50 | #244 |
| 1900 | — | — | 58 | #269 |
| 1899 | — | — | 52 | #231 |
| 1898 | — | — | 51 | #245 |
| 1897 | — | — | 43 | #272 |
| 1896 | — | — | 46 | #265 |
| 1895 | — | — | 63 | #218 |
| 1894 | — | — | 64 | #209 |
| 1893 | — | — | 75 | #193 |
| 1892 | — | — | 71 | #205 |
| 1891 | — | — | 51 | #223 |
| 1890 | — | — | 73 | #183 |
| 1889 | — | — | 74 | #182 |
| 1888 | — | — | 72 | #204 |
| 1887 | — | — | 67 | #185 |
| 1886 | — | — | 62 | #213 |
| 1885 | — | — | 74 | #176 |
| 1884 | — | — | 64 | #206 |
| 1883 | — | — | 63 | #185 |
| 1882 | — | — | 64 | #200 |
| 1881 | — | — | 57 | #197 |
| 1880 | — | — | 77 | #171 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).