Antoine
Antoine was given to 95 boys in 2025, #1,708 among boys’ names; 27,652 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 24,900 Americans named Antoine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 40 years old and half are between 27 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Antoine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Antoine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Antoine is “a male given name from French occasionally borrowed from French, mostly in the U.S.”
From French Antoine. Doublet of Anthony.
/ˈæntwɑːn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Antoine?
#1,708 among boys’ names, 2025
Antoine fell from #998 in 2015 to #1,708 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.11 to 0.06 per 1,000.
840 babies in 1985, the peak
Antoine peaked in 1985, when 840 babies were given it (829 boys, #262 among boys’ names). The 95 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 107 | #1,599 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 113 | #1,548 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,611 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 142 | #1,317 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,378 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 140 | #1,309 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,059 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 192 | #1,048 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,023 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 204 | #998 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 194 | #1,039 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 211 | #943 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 251 | #846 | 0.13 |
| 2011 | 238 | #877 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 278 | #788 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 281 | #794 | 0.14 |
| 2008 | 344 | #691 | 0.17 |
| 2007 | 349 | #682 | 0.17 |
| 2006 | 371 | #632 | 0.18 |
| 2005 | 369 | #610 | 0.18 |
| 2004 | 336 | #628 | 0.17 |
| 2003 | 318 | #643 | 0.16 |
| 2002 | 315 | #626 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 339 | #588 | 0.17 |
| 2000 | 336 | #589 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 352 | #567 | 0.18 |
| 1998 | 355 | #554 | 0.19 |
| 1997 | 363 | #545 | 0.19 |
| 1996 | 333 | #556 | 0.18 |
| 1995 | 306 | #583 | 0.16 |
| 1994 | 352 | #548 | 0.18 |
| 1993 | 446 | #472 | 0.23 |
| 1992 | 495 | #445 | 0.25 |
| 1991 | 516 | #432 | 0.26 |
| 1990 | 651 | #362 | 0.32 |
| 1989 | 706 | #330 | 0.35 |
| 1988 | 743 | #306 | 0.39 |
| 1987 | 802 | #274 | 0.43 |
| 1986 | 793 | #271 | 0.43 |
| 1985 | 829 | #262 | 0.45 |
| 1984 | 779 | #267 | 0.43 |
| 1983 | 755 | #274 | 0.42 |
| 1982 | 756 | #277 | 0.42 |
| 1981 | 716 | #285 | 0.40 |
| 1980 | 746 | #281 | 0.42 |
| 1979 | 769 | #268 | 0.45 |
| 1978 | 650 | #292 | 0.40 |
| 1977 | 692 | #280 | 0.42 |
| 1976 | 715 | #271 | 0.46 |
| 1975 | 619 | #304 | 0.40 |
| 1974 | 510 | #341 | 0.32 |
| 1973 | 529 | #326 | 0.34 |
| 1972 | 525 | #337 | 0.32 |
| 1971 | 419 | #393 | 0.24 |
| 1970 | 400 | #406 | 0.22 |
| 1969 | 341 | #427 | 0.19 |
| 1968 | 246 | #483 | 0.14 |
| 1967 | 194 | #533 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 149 | #609 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 160 | #602 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 169 | #605 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 146 | #651 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 130 | #678 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 158 | #626 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 162 | #612 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 141 | #649 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 107 | #717 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 76 | #861 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,232 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,371 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,226 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,331 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,323 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,345 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,435 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,502 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,759 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,648 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,817 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,446 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,631 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,638 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,470 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,373 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,521 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,716 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,824 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,090 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,545 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,356 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,711 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,199 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,283 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,168 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,496 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,630 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,425 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,209 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,496 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,210 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 17 | #793 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 12 | #931 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 12 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 11 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 13 | #739 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 11 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 12 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1902 | 9 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 8 | #782 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 14 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 7 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 10 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 6 | #913 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 6 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 8 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 7 | #761 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 6 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 6 | #856 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 8 | #680 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 7 | #760 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Antoine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 27,652 Americans recorded as Antoine, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 95 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Antoine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Antoine, and how old are they?
24,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 27,652 Americans ever recorded as Antoine. The median Antoine alive today is 40 years old; half are between 27 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 21,025 people named Antoine (173 women and girls, 20,852 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 24,759 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% 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 | 69 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,020 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 7,060 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,590 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,110 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,010 |
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 Antoine born?
The states with the most babies named Antoine are Illinois, New York and California, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 2,491 | #1,030 | 1.9× |
| New York | 2,429 | #1,588 | 1.2× |
| California | 2,133 | #1,590 | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 1,610 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Michigan | 1,609 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Maryland | 1,408 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Virginia | 1,296 | #975 | 2.0× |
| Ohio | 1,174 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 1,117 | #810 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,092 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Antoine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Antoine is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1910 it was given 5.5 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 Antoine 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 72,697 babies since 1880, Antoine is the most given (38% of them). In 2025 it was given to 95 of their 375 babies (25%), the second most given that year.
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 Antoine
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 Antoine and names like it
- Compare Antoine and AntwanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sAntoine peaked in 1985.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Antoine since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Antoine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1985The year the most babies were named Antoine.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Antoine alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with AMost given first.