Antonia — #1052 US unisex name
34,042 babies named Antonia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
12% of everyone ever named Antonia was born in this single decade.
669 babies were named Antonia in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Antonia
The Social Security Administration has registered 34,042 babies named Antonia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Antonia currently holds the #1052 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 669 babies received it in a single year. Antonia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,618 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Antonia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Antonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,157 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Antonia in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Antonia 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 34,042 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.
Antonia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Antonia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1996)
- 669
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1052 among girls.
34,042 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 669 births in a single year.
Antonia popularity over time — boys
2,618 total births recorded since 1914 (Antonia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Antonia accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Antonia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 4,126 births that decade — 12% of Antonia's all-time total
Antonia decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,126 births
- Runner-up 3,354 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Antonia's strongest decade
4,126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 12% of all-time use.
Antonia by state
Where Antonia concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6,157 | 18.1% |
| #2 | California | | 4,732 | 13.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,576 | 10.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,487 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,128 | 3.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 1,097 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 1,061 | 3.1% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 996 | 2.9% |
6,157 of 34,042 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 18.1% of nationwide
- California 13.9% of nationwide
- New York 10.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 44 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 18.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Antonia appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.