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Anthon

Boy · Germanic

Anthon is a boys' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Anthon mean?

Germanic

A male given name from German.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Anthon a girl's or a boy's name?

Anthon is a boys' name.

How popular is Anthon in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1973, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.

Half of all the boys named Anthon in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.

1916Busiest: 14 in 19732023
Anthon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20236#10,815
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20175#12,241
20160–
20157#9,562
20140–
20135#12,129
20120–
20110–
20108#8,797
20096#10,989
20080–
20070–
20060–
20057#9,108
20046#9,941
20039#7,238
200211#6,081
20010–
20007#8,202
199911#5,650
19988#6,837
19970–
19965#9,008
19956#7,785
19949#5,862
19935#8,693
19926#7,414
199114#3,998
19907#6,408
19898#5,608
19885#7,264
198711#3,954
19860–
19850–
19846#5,557
19830–
19827#5,001
19818#4,507
19807#4,938
197913#3,167
19786#5,056
19775#5,843
19767#4,416
197511#3,244
19747#4,188
197314#2,604
19727#3,960
19715#4,905
197010#3,069
19699#3,061
19685#4,135
19678#2,984
19669#2,783
19650–
19640–
19637#3,317
19620–
19617#3,354
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19547#3,174
19530–
19520–
19510–
19505#3,678
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19446#3,108
19430–
19426#3,211
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19269#2,902
19250–
19240–
19238#3,173
19225#4,305
19217#3,516
19200–
19197#3,390
19185#4,178
19176#3,543
19165#3,896

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