Boys' name · since 1880
Anton
23,915 babies named Anton in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #763 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,388 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,915
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anton currently ranks #1388 among boys' names in America, with 23,915 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anton has been recorded 23,915 times among boys since 1880, currently ranked #1388 nationally and more common than 90% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #763 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,388 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 23,915 born since 1880
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anton ranks #763 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,388 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 23,915 born since 1880, peaking in the 2000s.
- #763 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,388 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,915
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anton's 23,915 recorded births place it above 98.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Illinois.
How Anton compares
23,915 Top 6% higher than 94% of 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
Anton's all-time total is 65x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,915 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 357 | 34 | 22,252 |
Anton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anton splits its recorded history at 1953: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1897 (43 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 357 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anton popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 357
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Anton popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 1973 (Anton as girls' name)
Anton by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,580 births, 11% of the file).
2000s was Anton's strongest decade.
2,580 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 11% of all-time use.
Anton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 674
1880s
674 births
- 1890s 589
1890s
589 births
- 1900s 537
1900s
537 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,486 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,049 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,258 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,127 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,284 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,536 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,089 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,367 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,519 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,580 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,998 births
- 2020s 822
2020s
822 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,580 births (11% of all-time use).
How Anton compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Anton's total volume
Anton by state
Where Anton concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 2,550 | 10.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,940 | 8.1% |
| #3 | California | | 1,769 | 7.4% |
| #4 | Wisconsin | | 1,347 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Texas | | 1,146 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 1,105 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 833 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 778 | 3.3% |
2,550 of 23,915 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Anton appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anton's data
- Anton's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,580 total births); usage has since declined to 822 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Antons (2,550 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
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 Anton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Anton 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.