How Many People Are Named Antigone?
people named Antigone are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 906,591 people in the US has this name
Based on 388 babies named Antigone in Social Security records from 1962 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Greek αντι (anti) "against, compared to, like" and γονη (gone) "birth, offspring". In Greek legend Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. King Creon of Thebes declared that her slain brother Polynices was to remain unburied, a great dishonour. She disobeyed and gave him a proper burial, and for this she was sealed alive in a cave.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Antigone in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Antigone alive today is about 30 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Antigone first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1997, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Antigone has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,873, in 1975.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,873 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,086 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Antigone alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Antigone were born in New York than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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