Anthony
Anthony was given to 5,967 boys in 2025, #46 among boys’ names; 1,495,156 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1.2 million Americans named Anthony and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 24 and 56.
Anthony is the #13 most common first name among living American men and boys, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Anthony by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Anthony mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Anthony is “a male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.” Its etymology gives the sense “flower” (ἄνθος).
From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine.
/ˈænθəni/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Anthony?
#46 among boys’ names, 2025
Anthony fell from #25 in 2015 to #46 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.6 to 3.5 per 1,000.
25,188 babies in 1990, the peak
Anthony peaked in 1990, when 25,188 babies were given it (25,088 boys, #15 among boys’ names). The 5,977 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 24% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,967 | #46 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 6,353 | #44 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 6,277 | #46 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 6,607 | #44 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 6,792 | #43 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 7,037 | #41 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 7,725 | #38 | 4.3 |
| 2018 | 8,048 | #38 | 4.4 |
| 2017 | 8,877 | #33 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 9,900 | #30 | 5.2 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10,664 | #25 | 5.6 |
| 2014 | 11,613 | #21 | 6.0 |
| 2013 | 12,295 | #19 | 6.5 |
| 2012 | 13,228 | #15 | 7.0 |
| 2011 | 14,290 | #11 | 7.5 |
| 2010 | 15,511 | #10 | 8.1 |
| 2009 | 16,327 | #11 | 8.2 |
| 2008 | 18,417 | #7 | 9.0 |
| 2007 | 19,639 | #7 | 9.5 |
| 2006 | 19,413 | #9 | 9.4 |
| 2005 | 19,387 | #8 | 9.7 |
| 2004 | 19,613 | #11 | 9.9 |
| 2003 | 20,149 | #10 | 10.2 |
| 2002 | 19,590 | #12 | 10.1 |
| 2001 | 19,737 | #11 | 10.2 |
| 2000 | 19,656 | #17 | 10.0 |
| 1999 | 19,472 | #18 | 10.1 |
| 1998 | 19,634 | #19 | 10.3 |
| 1997 | 20,034 | #18 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 20,508 | #19 | 10.8 |
| 1995 | 20,482 | #19 | 10.8 |
| 1994 | 21,604 | #18 | 11.2 |
| 1993 | 21,788 | #19 | 11.1 |
| 1992 | 23,174 | #19 | 11.6 |
| 1991 | 24,447 | #18 | 12.1 |
| 1990 | 25,088 | #15 | 12.2 |
| 1989 | 24,423 | #16 | 12.2 |
| 1988 | 23,644 | #18 | 12.4 |
| 1987 | 23,127 | #17 | 12.4 |
| 1986 | 21,956 | #19 | 11.9 |
| 1985 | 22,104 | #20 | 12.0 |
| 1984 | 20,956 | #21 | 11.6 |
| 1983 | 19,830 | #22 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 19,648 | #21 | 10.8 |
| 1981 | 18,569 | #23 | 10.4 |
| 1980 | 17,604 | #24 | 9.9 |
| 1979 | 17,513 | #21 | 10.2 |
| 1978 | 16,808 | #20 | 10.2 |
| 1977 | 16,804 | #21 | 10.2 |
| 1976 | 16,601 | #22 | 10.6 |
| 1975 | 16,489 | #21 | 10.6 |
| 1974 | 16,391 | #21 | 10.4 |
| 1973 | 16,414 | #21 | 10.5 |
| 1972 | 17,454 | #22 | 10.8 |
| 1971 | 19,223 | #23 | 10.9 |
| 1970 | 21,176 | #22 | 11.4 |
| 1969 | 20,904 | #20 | 11.7 |
| 1968 | 20,231 | #21 | 11.6 |
| 1967 | 20,887 | #21 | 12.0 |
| 1966 | 20,624 | #22 | 11.6 |
| 1965 | 20,326 | #22 | 10.9 |
| 1964 | 20,126 | #21 | 10.1 |
| 1963 | 20,250 | #22 | 10.0 |
| 1962 | 20,103 | #24 | 9.7 |
| 1961 | 20,209 | #25 | 9.5 |
| 1960 | 19,499 | #25 | 9.1 |
| 1959 | 17,972 | #26 | 8.4 |
| 1958 | 17,430 | #27 | 8.2 |
| 1957 | 17,057 | #27 | 7.9 |
| 1956 | 15,565 | #30 | 7.4 |
| 1955 | 14,170 | #31 | 6.9 |
| 1954 | 13,124 | #32 | 6.4 |
| 1953 | 11,693 | #32 | 5.9 |
| 1952 | 11,188 | #34 | 5.8 |
| 1951 | 9,836 | #34 | 5.2 |
| 1950 | 8,612 | #36 | 4.8 |
| 1949 | 8,452 | #36 | 4.8 |
| 1948 | 7,878 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1947 | 8,014 | #41 | 4.4 |
| 1946 | 6,771 | #44 | 4.2 |
| 1945 | 5,686 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1944 | 5,604 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1943 | 6,202 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1942 | 6,210 | #44 | 4.5 |
| 1941 | 5,239 | #46 | 4.3 |
| 1940 | 4,769 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1939 | 4,610 | #48 | 4.2 |
| 1938 | 4,689 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1937 | 4,339 | #47 | 4.1 |
| 1936 | 3,978 | #48 | 3.8 |
| 1935 | 3,909 | #52 | 3.8 |
| 1934 | 3,840 | #52 | 3.7 |
| 1933 | 3,974 | #46 | 4.0 |
| 1932 | 4,223 | #45 | 4.0 |
| 1931 | 4,310 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1930 | 4,674 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1929 | 4,733 | #44 | 4.4 |
| 1928 | 4,719 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1927 | 4,917 | #43 | 4.4 |
| 1926 | 5,058 | #42 | 4.6 |
| 1925 | 5,041 | #39 | 4.5 |
| 1924 | 5,191 | #39 | 4.6 |
| 1923 | 5,121 | #39 | 4.7 |
| 1922 | 5,091 | #39 | 4.7 |
| 1921 | 5,239 | #40 | 4.8 |
| 1920 | 4,944 | #43 | 4.6 |
| 1919 | 4,737 | #41 | 4.8 |
| 1918 | 5,168 | #39 | 5.1 |
| 1917 | 5,027 | #38 | 5.4 |
| 1916 | 4,749 | #37 | 5.3 |
| 1915 | 4,722 | #36 | 5.6 |
| 1914 | 3,695 | #37 | 5.6 |
| 1913 | 2,781 | #38 | 5.4 |
| 1912 | 2,480 | #37 | 5.8 |
| 1911 | 1,288 | #35 | 5.7 |
| 1910 | 980 | #37 | 5.0 |
| 1909 | 758 | #40 | 4.6 |
| 1908 | 690 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1907 | 593 | #46 | 4.0 |
| 1906 | 542 | #44 | 4.1 |
| 1905 | 490 | #48 | 3.7 |
| 1904 | 422 | #56 | 3.3 |
| 1903 | 399 | #54 | 3.3 |
| 1902 | 420 | #54 | 3.4 |
| 1901 | 323 | #62 | 3.0 |
| 1900 | 406 | #67 | 2.7 |
| 1899 | 291 | #64 | 2.7 |
| 1898 | 325 | #65 | 2.6 |
| 1897 | 249 | #76 | 2.2 |
| 1896 | 276 | #73 | 2.3 |
| 1895 | 221 | #86 | 1.9 |
| 1894 | 257 | #77 | 2.2 |
| 1893 | 220 | #81 | 2.0 |
| 1892 | 255 | #78 | 2.1 |
| 1891 | 170 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 1890 | 189 | #91 | 1.7 |
| 1889 | 219 | #80 | 2.0 |
| 1888 | 193 | #93 | 1.6 |
| 1887 | 153 | #98 | 1.5 |
| 1886 | 174 | #93 | 1.6 |
| 1885 | 153 | #95 | 1.4 |
| 1884 | 179 | #88 | 1.6 |
| 1883 | 143 | #92 | 1.4 |
| 1882 | 139 | #105 | 1.2 |
| 1881 | 128 | #100 | 1.3 |
| 1880 | 130 | #103 | 1.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Anthony a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Anthony has been given almost only to boys: 7,114 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Anthony: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Anthony, and how old are they?
1.2 million alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 1,495,156 Americans ever recorded as Anthony. The median Anthony alive today is 39 years old; half are between 24 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 1,075,181 people named Anthony (1,677 women and girls, 1,073,504 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,215,764 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 18,000 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 187,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 262,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 336,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 290,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 107,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Anthony born?
The states with the most babies named Anthony are California, Texas and Florida, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 819 | #35 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 702 | #42 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 460 | #32 | 1.1× |
| New York | 391 | #34 | 1.7× |
| New Jersey | 327 | #11 | 1.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 246 | #42 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 225 | #36 | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 195 | #20 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 168 | #59 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 162 | #70 | 0.7× |
Where Anthony is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Anthony is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Anthony with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,511,698 babies since 1880, Anthony is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5,977 of their 6,094 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Anthony
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Anthony and names like it
- Compare Anthony and AntonyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sAnthony peaked in 1990.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Anthony since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Anthony: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Anthony.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Anthony alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with AMost given first.