Girls' name · since 1973
Antanette
Antanette has 69 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
69 girls have been named Antanette since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Antanette has 69 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2005.
- #31,202 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antanette ranks #31,202 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Antanette's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Antanette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Antanette's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Antanette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2005
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Antanette by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (35 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Antanette's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Antanette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 35 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Antanette's decade-level peak was the 1990s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Antanette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Antanette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.