Antonio
Antonio was given to 2,058 boys in 2025, #176 among boys’ names; 264,970 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 228,000 Americans named Antonio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 20 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Antonio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Antonio mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Antonio is “a male given name from Italian.”
Borrowed from Italian Antonio and Spanish Antonio. Doublet of Anthony.
/ænˈtoʊnioʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Antonio?
#176 among boys’ names, 2025
Antonio fell from #152 in 2015 to #176 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.4 to 1.2 per 1,000.
5,089 babies in 1997, the peak
Antonio peaked in 1997, when 5,089 babies were given it (5,069 boys, #75 among boys’ names). The 2,058 births of 2025 are 40% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,058 | #176 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 2,058 | #180 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 2,035 | #179 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 2,147 | #176 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 2,182 | #178 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 2,139 | #180 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 2,299 | #170 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 2,373 | #164 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 2,489 | #158 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2,561 | #159 | 1.3 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,730 | #152 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 2,898 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | 3,027 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | 3,117 | #119 | 1.6 |
| 2011 | 3,319 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 2010 | 3,530 | #109 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 3,916 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 2008 | 4,378 | #102 | 2.1 |
| 2007 | 4,645 | #95 | 2.2 |
| 2006 | 4,697 | #94 | 2.3 |
| 2005 | 4,694 | #92 | 2.4 |
| 2004 | 4,843 | #93 | 2.4 |
| 2003 | 4,717 | #92 | 2.4 |
| 2002 | 4,730 | #85 | 2.4 |
| 2001 | 4,736 | #85 | 2.4 |
| 2000 | 4,892 | #82 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 5,027 | #80 | 2.6 |
| 1998 | 4,943 | #79 | 2.6 |
| 1997 | 5,069 | #75 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 4,866 | #80 | 2.6 |
| 1995 | 4,340 | #85 | 2.3 |
| 1994 | 4,173 | #88 | 2.2 |
| 1993 | 4,301 | #89 | 2.2 |
| 1992 | 4,344 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1991 | 4,616 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1990 | 4,867 | #77 | 2.4 |
| 1989 | 4,719 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1988 | 4,461 | #72 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 4,421 | #72 | 2.4 |
| 1986 | 4,406 | #73 | 2.4 |
| 1985 | 4,151 | #73 | 2.2 |
| 1984 | 3,880 | #77 | 2.1 |
| 1983 | 3,683 | #76 | 2.1 |
| 1982 | 3,884 | #76 | 2.1 |
| 1981 | 3,926 | #75 | 2.2 |
| 1980 | 4,085 | #77 | 2.3 |
| 1979 | 3,801 | #79 | 2.2 |
| 1978 | 3,677 | #79 | 2.2 |
| 1977 | 3,662 | #77 | 2.2 |
| 1976 | 3,774 | #71 | 2.4 |
| 1975 | 3,489 | #77 | 2.2 |
| 1974 | 3,178 | #82 | 2.0 |
| 1973 | 2,965 | #92 | 1.9 |
| 1972 | 3,028 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1971 | 2,962 | #110 | 1.7 |
| 1970 | 2,744 | #121 | 1.5 |
| 1969 | 2,442 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1968 | 2,154 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1967 | 1,987 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1966 | 1,915 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1965 | 1,778 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1964 | 1,755 | #168 | 0.88 |
| 1963 | 1,702 | #172 | 0.84 |
| 1962 | 1,783 | #174 | 0.86 |
| 1961 | 1,585 | #192 | 0.75 |
| 1960 | 1,493 | #196 | 0.70 |
| 1959 | 1,381 | #206 | 0.65 |
| 1958 | 1,305 | #207 | 0.61 |
| 1957 | 1,316 | #205 | 0.61 |
| 1956 | 1,246 | #210 | 0.59 |
| 1955 | 1,196 | #207 | 0.58 |
| 1954 | 1,170 | #207 | 0.57 |
| 1953 | 1,109 | #206 | 0.56 |
| 1952 | 1,077 | #206 | 0.55 |
| 1951 | 913 | #214 | 0.48 |
| 1950 | 926 | #210 | 0.52 |
| 1949 | 851 | #217 | 0.48 |
| 1948 | 775 | #231 | 0.44 |
| 1947 | 731 | #242 | 0.40 |
| 1946 | 669 | #233 | 0.41 |
| 1945 | 585 | #230 | 0.43 |
| 1944 | 498 | #266 | 0.37 |
| 1943 | 567 | #247 | 0.40 |
| 1942 | 522 | #255 | 0.38 |
| 1941 | 444 | #269 | 0.36 |
| 1940 | 459 | #259 | 0.40 |
| 1939 | 437 | #257 | 0.39 |
| 1938 | 485 | #243 | 0.44 |
| 1937 | 445 | #256 | 0.42 |
| 1936 | 490 | #232 | 0.47 |
| 1935 | 503 | #230 | 0.48 |
| 1934 | 494 | #234 | 0.48 |
| 1933 | 475 | #240 | 0.48 |
| 1932 | 541 | #222 | 0.52 |
| 1931 | 627 | #206 | 0.60 |
| 1930 | 734 | #189 | 0.67 |
| 1929 | 734 | #186 | 0.68 |
| 1928 | 746 | #190 | 0.67 |
| 1927 | 700 | #201 | 0.62 |
| 1926 | 729 | #194 | 0.66 |
| 1925 | 697 | #202 | 0.62 |
| 1924 | 689 | #202 | 0.61 |
| 1923 | 729 | #189 | 0.67 |
| 1922 | 665 | #200 | 0.61 |
| 1921 | 745 | #188 | 0.68 |
| 1920 | 706 | #190 | 0.66 |
| 1919 | 578 | #215 | 0.59 |
| 1918 | 589 | #213 | 0.58 |
| 1917 | 579 | #200 | 0.63 |
| 1916 | 551 | #204 | 0.62 |
| 1915 | 527 | #206 | 0.62 |
| 1914 | 391 | #208 | 0.60 |
| 1913 | 309 | #212 | 0.60 |
| 1912 | 270 | #205 | 0.63 |
| 1911 | 166 | #187 | 0.73 |
| 1910 | 158 | #180 | 0.81 |
| 1909 | 120 | #186 | 0.73 |
| 1908 | 99 | #204 | 0.64 |
| 1907 | 126 | #171 | 0.86 |
| 1906 | 80 | #219 | 0.60 |
| 1905 | 73 | #224 | 0.55 |
| 1904 | 68 | #228 | 0.53 |
| 1903 | 72 | #209 | 0.60 |
| 1902 | 96 | #177 | 0.78 |
| 1901 | 52 | #237 | 0.49 |
| 1900 | 74 | #235 | 0.49 |
| 1899 | 41 | #267 | 0.39 |
| 1898 | 43 | #276 | 0.35 |
| 1897 | 33 | #321 | 0.29 |
| 1896 | 35 | #315 | 0.29 |
| 1895 | 36 | #301 | 0.31 |
| 1894 | 24 | #376 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 32 | #307 | 0.28 |
| 1892 | 31 | #336 | 0.25 |
| 1891 | 31 | #297 | 0.31 |
| 1890 | 34 | #294 | 0.31 |
| 1889 | 31 | #314 | 0.28 |
| 1888 | 47 | #256 | 0.39 |
| 1887 | 38 | #261 | 0.37 |
| 1886 | 32 | #301 | 0.29 |
| 1885 | 27 | #327 | 0.25 |
| 1884 | 34 | #296 | 0.30 |
| 1883 | 30 | #298 | 0.29 |
| 1882 | 29 | #317 | 0.26 |
| 1881 | 26 | #318 | 0.26 |
| 1880 | 26 | #334 | 0.24 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Antonio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Antonio has been given almost only to boys: 1,975 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Antonio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Antonio, and how old are they?
228,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 264,970 Americans ever recorded as Antonio. The median Antonio alive today is 33 years old; half are between 20 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 289,178 people named Antonio (1,120 women and girls, 288,058 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 222,424 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,810 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 16,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 43,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 66,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 70,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 30,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Antonio born?
The states with the most babies named Antonio are Texas, California and Florida, with 40% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 339 | #117 | 1.8× |
| California | 326 | #124 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 143 | #151 | 1.3× |
| New York | 108 | #181 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 87 | #133 | 1.1× |
| Arizona | 69 | #127 | 1.5× |
| New Jersey | 65 | #151 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 62 | #200 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 57 | #178 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 54 | #225 | 0.5× |
Where Antonio is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Antonio is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 2.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Antonio with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 288,109 babies since 1880, Antonio is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,058 of their 2,266 babies (91%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Antonio
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Antonio and names like it
- Compare Antonio and AntonyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sAntonio peaked in 1997.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Antonio since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Antonio: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1997The year the most babies were named Antonio.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Antonio alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.