Tony Boy
How popular is Tony?
#783 boy name in 2025
325 baby boys were named Tony in the US in 2025, making it the 783rd most popular boy name.
Tony popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #783 for boys (▲ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 325 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #500 in 2015, #630 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (8,306 boys) |
| Highest rank | #48 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tony counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tony family of names ranked #720 for boys in 2025 (#740 the year before), with 337 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tony | 325 | 96% |
| Toney | 6 | 2% |
| Tonny | 6 | 2% |
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 Tony is most popular
Babies named Tony per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (77 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (77 boys)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (34 boys)
Tony by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 401 | #233 |
| 1890s | 475 | #219 |
| 1900s | 1,020 | #159 |
| 1910s | 7,495 | #130 |
| 1920s | 10,398 | #134 |
| 1930s | 9,163 | #140 |
| 1940s | 16,960 | #125 |
| 1950s | 40,782 | #53 |
| 1960s | 70,577 | #48 |
| 1970s | 35,676 | #57 |
| 1980s | 24,500 | #108 |
| 1990s | 16,141 | #147 |
| 2000s | 9,850 | #281 |
| 2010s | 6,031 | #383 |
| 2020s | 2,126 | #630 |
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Questions
- Is Tony a boy or girl name?
- Tony is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tony were boys.
- How popular is the name Tony?
- 325 baby boys were named Tony in the US in 2025, making it the 783rd most popular boy name.
- When was Tony most popular?
- Tony peaked in 1961, when 8,306 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #48 in 1965.
- How many people are named Tony?
- 254,483 babies have been named Tony in the US since 1880. We estimate about 188,394 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Tony most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tony was most common in Alabama, at 0.4 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.