How Many People Are Named Anthony?
people named Anthony are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 282 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,495,156 babies named Anthony in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
βββ Very Common
Peak Year
25,188 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. The most notable member of the Roman family was the general Marcus Antonius (called Mark Antony in English), who for a period in the 1st century BC ruled the Roman Empire jointly with Augustus. When their relationship turned sour, he and his mistress Cleopatra were attacked and forced to commit suicide, as related in Shakespeare's tragedy 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Anthony in English. Counting Anthony and these spellings together, about 1,217,608 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Anthony (99.5%) were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Anthony alive today is about 39 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 55 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Anthony first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1990, to 25,188 babies. In 2025, 5,977 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Anthony reached #7 among boys' names in 2007 to 2008, and was in the top 10 in 6 years between 2003 and 2010. In 2025 it ranked #46.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #46 |
| Best rank | #7 (2007 to 2008) |
| Years in the top 10 | 6 |
| Years in the top 100 | 144 (1881 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #19 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Anthony alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anthony were born in California than in any other state: about 170,839 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anthony was given 1.8 times as often in New Jersey, 1.8 times in Rhode Island and 1.7 times in New York.
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