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Anthony

Boys' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~1,223,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#46 among boys
Births in 2025
5,977 1,495,156 since 1880
Typical age
38 years, median

Anthony popularity over time

Anthony rank by birth year, 1880–2025Anthony ranked #103 in 1880 and #46 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #7, in 2007.#10#100#46best #7 in 200718901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Anthony in 1990 than in any other year — 25,188 of them. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 144 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #46, with 5,977 births that year. The ten-year change is -44%.

Babies named Anthony per yearPeaks at 25,188 births in 1990.25,188 in 1990018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Anthony?

Roughly 1,223,700 Anthonys are alive in the US right now. That is out of 1,495,156 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Anthony?

The typical living Anthony is 38 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Anthony a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Anthony

Ages of living people named AnthonyHalf of living Anthonys are older than 38 and half younger.median 38020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Anthony is most common

Anthony is 2.6× as common in Delaware as it is nationally. Rhode Island, New Jersey and Connecticut follow.

Where Anthony is used more than average5 states use the name Anthony more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.1× the national rateNJConnecticut: 2.0× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.3× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.6× the national rateDEMassachusetts: 1.9× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Anthony is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 312 2.6×
Rhode Island 291 2.3×
New Jersey 3,367 2.1×
Connecticut 1,109 2.0×
Massachusetts 2,082 1.9×

Anthony in England and Wales

ONS recorded 206 births named Anthony in 2025, ranking it #239. That is 35% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Anthony comes from

From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (“flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Anthony

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Anthony Hopkins Welsh–American actor and director 1937 119
Anthony Eden British soldier, diplomat and politician 1897–1977 96
Anthony Bourdain American chef and television personality 1956–2018 96
Anthony Albanese 31st prime minister of Australia 1963 86
Anthony van Dyck Flemish Baroque artist 1599–1641 84
Anthony Leggett British physicist 1938–2026 70
Anthony Perkins American actor 1932–1992 66
Anthony Giddens British sociologist 1938 64
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,295 in 1911 to 2,488 in 1912 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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