Athony — boys' name
516 babies named Athony in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Athony was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Athony in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Athony
The Social Security Administration has registered 516 babies named Athony between 1952 and 1995, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Athony currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Athony performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Athony shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Athony in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Athony 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 516 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.
Athony at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Athony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1952
- Peak year (1986)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
516 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 29 births in a single year.
Athony by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 167 births that decade — 32% of Athony's all-time total
Athony decade highlights
- Peak decade 167 births
- Runner-up 148 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Athony's strongest decade
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Athony by state
Where Athony concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 6 | 1.2% |
6 of 516 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1952–1995 (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.