Anton — #1476 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anton

The Social Security Administration has registered 23,783 babies named Anton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anton currently holds the #1476 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 357 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,580 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Anton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 2,543 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Anton in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anton 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 23,783 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.