Antoine — #1605 US boys' name
27,191 babies named Antoine in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Antoine was born in this single decade.
829 babies were named Antoine in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Antoine
The Social Security Administration has registered 27,191 babies named Antoine between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Antoine currently holds the #1605 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 829 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Antoine performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 7,624 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Antoine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 2,479 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Antoine in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Antoine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27,191 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Antoine at a glance
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Current rank
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Antoine popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1882
- Peak year (1985)
- 829
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
Currently ranks #1605 among boys.
27,191 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 829 births in a single year.
Antoine popularity over time — girls
364 total births recorded since 1948 (Antoine as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Antoine accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Antoine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 7,624 births that decade — 28% of Antoine's all-time total
Antoine decade highlights
- Peak decade 7,624 births
- Runner-up 5,828 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Antoine's strongest decade
7,624 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Antoine by state
Where Antoine concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 2,479 | 9.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,423 | 8.9% |
| #3 | California | | 2,123 | 7.8% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 1,610 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 1,609 | 5.9% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 1,408 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 1,285 | 4.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 1,174 | 4.3% |
2,479 of 27,191 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 9.1% of nationwide
- New York 8.9% of nationwide
- California 7.8% of nationwide
- Louisiana 5.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 36 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Antoine appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.