Girls' name · since 1883
Antonette
Antonette has 7,803 recorded births since 1883 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 7,803
- born since 1883
- 1920s
- peak decade
Antonette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 7,803 have been recorded since 1883.
Antonette has 7,803 recorded births among girls since 1883, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1883 to 2023.
- #1,936 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 7,803 born since 1883
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antonette ranks #1,936 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 7,803 born since 1883, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 7,803
- born since 1883
- 1920s
- peak decade
Antonette's 7,803 recorded births place it above 97.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Antonette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Antonette's full recorded timeline at 1953, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1883, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 152 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Antonette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1883–2023
- Peak year (1917)
- 152
- Annual births at peak, across 141 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
7,803 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 152 births in a single year.
Antonette by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,114 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Antonette's strongest decade.
1,114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Antonette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 37
1880s
37 births
- 1890s 125
1890s
125 births
- 1900s 242
1900s
242 births
- 1910s
1910s
971 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,114 births
- 1930s
1930s
581 births
- 1940s
1940s
519 births
- 1950s
1950s
709 births
- 1960s
1960s
884 births
- 1970s
1970s
838 births
- 1980s
1980s
771 births
- 1990s
1990s
651 births
- 2000s 252
2000s
252 births
- 2010s 80
2010s
80 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,114 births (14% of all-time use).
Antonette decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,114 births
- Runner-up 971 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Antonette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Antonette's total volume
Antonette by state
Where Antonette concentrates geographically, total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,069 | 13.7% |
| #2 | California | | 805 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 650 | 8.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 614 | 7.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 259 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 254 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 209 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Rhode Island | | 74 | 0.9% |
1,069 of 7,803 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.7% of nationwide
- California 10.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 8.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 7.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Antonette appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Antonette's data
- Antonette's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,114 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Antonettes (1,069 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Antonette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~140 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, 1883–2023 (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 Antonette 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.
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