Anton Boy
How popular is Anton?
#1,388 boy name in 2025
132 baby boys were named Anton in the US in 2025, making it the 1388th most popular boy name.
Anton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,388 for boys (▲ 93 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 132 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #966 in 2015, #1,240 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1915 (357 boys) |
| Highest rank | #171 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Anton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anton family of names ranked #1,182 for boys in 2025 (#1,229 the year before), with 142 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anton | 132 | 93% |
| Antone | 10 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Anton is most popular
Babies named Anton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 boys)
Anton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 674 | #171 |
| 1890s | 589 | #183 |
| 1900s | 537 | #244 |
| 1910s | 2,486 | #252 |
| 1920s | 2,049 | #372 |
| 1930s | 1,258 | #459 |
| 1940s | 1,127 | #553 |
| 1950s | 1,284 | #607 |
| 1960s | 1,536 | #537 |
| 1970s | 2,089 | #472 |
| 1980s | 2,367 | #498 |
| 1990s | 2,519 | #561 |
| 2000s | 2,580 | #651 |
| 2010s | 1,998 | #893 |
| 2020s | 822 | #1,198 |
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Questions
- Is Anton a boy or girl name?
- Anton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Anton were boys.
- How popular is the name Anton?
- 132 baby boys were named Anton in the US in 2025, making it the 1388th most popular boy name.
- When was Anton most popular?
- Anton peaked in 1915, when 357 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #171 in 1880.
- How many people are named Anton?
- 23,936 babies have been named Anton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 14,885 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Anton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Anton was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.