How Many People Are Named Anton?
people named Anton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,197 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,936 babies named Anton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
357 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Galician form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Anton (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Anton alive today is about 36 years old, and 42% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Anton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 357 babies. In 2025, 132 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Anton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #171, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,389.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,389 |
| Best rank | #171 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #762 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Anton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anton were born in California than in any other state: about 1,590 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anton was given 10 times as often in North Dakota, 3.9 times in Wisconsin and 3 times in Illinois.
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