Boys' name · since 1881

Antone

Antone has 5,967 recorded births since 1881 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#1,598 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,692 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
5,967
born since 1881
1920s
peak decade

Yes -- Antone is the #7692 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 5,967 recorded since 1881.

Antone has 5,967 recorded births among boys since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7692 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.

  • #1,598 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #7,692 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 5,967 born since 1881
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antone ranks #1,598 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,692 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,967 born since 1881, peaking in the 1920s.

#1,598 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,692 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
5,967
born since 1881
1920s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%44.7%
Antone vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Antone's 5,967 recorded births place it above 96.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

12 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Massachusetts.

How Antone compares

5,967 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Antone's all-time total is 16x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Antone Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 5,967 369 358,536
Peak-year births 132 34 22,252

Antone's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Antone splits its recorded history at 1953: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1881 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 132 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Antone popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1921)
132
Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
050100150 188119001919193819571976199520142025 10

Antone popularity over time - girls

10 total births recorded since 1994 (Antone as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 10 births
5 19942002 5

Antone by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (965 births, 16% of the file).

1920s was Antone's strongest decade.

965 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.

Antone births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 965 births (16% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Antone 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 Antone's total volume

Antone vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -112, 4.2%-73, 4.3%-130, 1.5%-56, 4.5%-126, 1.7%-146, 1.6%-78, 4%-142, 4.1%-144, 6.3%-82, 3.8%-57, 3.7%-39, 5.2%-142, 2.4%-146, 7.9%-90, 4.9%Antone-145, 2.2%Antone
Antone vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Antone by state

Where Antone concentrates geographically, total births since 1881

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Antone
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Massachusetts
1,583 26.5%
#2 California
474 7.9%
#3 Hawaii
249 4.2%
#4 Rhode Island
114 1.9%
#5 Wisconsin
56 0.9%
#6 Illinois
42 0.7%
#7 Texas
40 0.7%
#8 New York
26 0.4%
Massachusetts share of Antone's total US births 26.5%
Even split

1,583 of 5,967 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.

Antone appears in 12 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Antone? ▼
5,967 babies have been named Antone since 1881. All-time, it sits at #1,598 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #7,692 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 1921 with 132 births.
Where does Antone sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antone ranks #1,598 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,692 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Antone most popular? ▼
Antone was most popular in the 1920s decade with 965 total births. The single peak year was 1921.
Where is Antone most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Antone are Massachusetts (1,583 births), California (474 births), Hawaii (249 births).
How long has the name Antone been used? ▼
Records for Antone go back to 1881, giving 145 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Antone? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Anthony, Antonio, Antoine, Anton, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Antone's data

  • Antone's decade-level peak was the 1920s (965 total births); usage has since declined to 63 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Massachusetts records the most Antones (1,583 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Antone

Nearby Names Like Antone

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Antone

Anthony Boy
#46 1,488,042 births
Antonio Boy
#176 262,995 births
Antoine Boy
#1709 27,288 births
Anton Boy
#1388 23,915 births
Antwan Boy
#2617 12,517 births

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Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Antone

Brown #7691
1,477 births · Peak 1918
Kay #7693
3,924 births · Peak 1934
Knute #7690
691 births · Peak 1931
Matthews #7694
1,605 births · Peak 1988
Artie #7689
4,417 births · Peak 1959
Rance #7695
3,002 births · Peak 1962
Mitchel #7688
13,287 births · Peak 1994
Woody #7696
4,236 births · Peak 1946

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Antone: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1881–2025 (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 Antone 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.