In 2025, 175 US girls were named Antonia, making it the 1,279th most common girls’ name of the year, down 223 places from #1,056 in 2024. That is 61 fewer than the 236 girls named Antonia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #336, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 669, in 1996. For comparison, it was #1,020 in 2015 and #460 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Antonia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 18 babies with the name. In all, 36,840 US babies have been given the name, 93% of them girls and 7.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 4,321 babies named Antonia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,182 US girls were named Antonia; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 265. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,184 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Antonia ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #374 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Toni (101,762 babies since 1880), Antionette (9,141 babies since 1880), Antonette (7,803 babies since 1880) and Antonetta (1,435 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Antonina, Antaniya and Antoniyah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ann, Netta and Tony.
Meaning
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