Boys' name · since 1965
Antero
71 babies named Antero in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,690 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,279 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Antero currently ranks #12279 among boys' names in America, with 71 babies recorded since 1965.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antero has been recorded 71 times among boys since 1965, currently ranked #12279 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #19,690 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,279 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 71 born since 1965
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antero ranks #19,690 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,279 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 71 born since 1965, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,690 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,279 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Antero's 71 recorded births place it above 56.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Antero compares
71 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Antero's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Antero | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 71 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Antero's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Antero's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Antero popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Antero by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (21 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Antero's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Antero births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Antero's decade-level peak was the 1990s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Antero: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Antero 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.