Anthony
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Anthony is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 238th for boys in the UK (228 babies) and 46th for boys in the US (5,967 babies).
What does Anthony mean?
Latin: from the Roman family name Antonius
From the Roman family name Antonius, of unknown origin; the 'h' came from a mistaken link with Greek anthos, 'flower'.
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Is Anthony a girl's or a boy's name?
Anthony is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 228 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 5,967 boys in the US.
How popular is Anthony in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #238among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 228about 1 in 1,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 228 boys in the UK were named Anthony, making it the 238th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 166th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,135 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Anthony since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Anthony in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 254 boys in the UK were given Anthony or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #226, up from #238 for this spelling alone.
- Anthony 228
- Antony 26
Among boys in 2025, it was 239th in England and Wales, 243rd in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#91), 1914 (#76), 1924 (#49), 1934 (#16), 1944 (#6), 1954 (#11), 1964 (#14), 1974 (#25), 1984 (#24) and 1994 (#58).
Anthony in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 228 | #238 |
| 2024 | 268 | #210 |
| 2023 | 318 | #181 |
| 2022 | 317 | #180 |
| 2021 | 314 | #194 |
| 2020 | 359 | #166 |
| 2019 | 371 | #165 |
| 2018 | 417 | #154 |
| 2017 | 432 | #155 |
| 2016 | 491 | #138 |
| 2015 | 466 | #142 |
| 2014 | 501 | #137 |
| 2013 | 461 | #143 |
| 2012 | 485 | #140 |
| 2011 | 469 | #149 |
| 2010 | 452 | #144 |
| 2009 | 498 | #133 |
| 2008 | 539 | #119 |
| 2007 | 517 | #124 |
| 2006 | 595 | #111 |
| 2005 | 567 | #114 |
| 2004 | 542 | #117 |
| 2003 | 627 | #102 |
| 2002 | 616 | #97 |
| 2001 | 601 | #101 |
| 2000 | 717 | #87 |
| 1999 | 777 | #82 |
| 1998 | 894 | #77 |
| 1997 | 1,066 | #71 |
| 1996 | 1,135 | #68 |
How popular is Anthony in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #46among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5,967about 1 in 290 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5,967 boys in the US were named Anthony, making it the 46th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 41st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 25,088 boys. 10 girls were also named Anthony in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Anthony than any year since 1945.
Half of all the boys named Anthony in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anthony in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,967 | #46 |
| 2024 | 6,353 | #44 |
| 2023 | 6,277 | #46 |
| 2022 | 6,607 | #44 |
| 2021 | 6,792 | #43 |
| 2020 | 7,037 | #41 |
| 2019 | 7,725 | #38 |
| 2018 | 8,048 | #38 |
| 2017 | 8,877 | #33 |
| 2016 | 9,900 | #30 |
| 2015 | 10,664 | #25 |
| 2014 | 11,613 | #21 |
| 2013 | 12,295 | #19 |
| 2012 | 13,228 | #15 |
| 2011 | 14,290 | #11 |
| 2010 | 15,511 | #10 |
| 2009 | 16,327 | #11 |
| 2008 | 18,417 | #7 |
| 2007 | 19,639 | #7 |
| 2006 | 19,413 | #9 |
| 2005 | 19,387 | #8 |
| 2004 | 19,613 | #11 |
| 2003 | 20,149 | #10 |
| 2002 | 19,590 | #12 |
| 2001 | 19,737 | #11 |
| 2000 | 19,656 | #17 |
| 1999 | 19,472 | #18 |
| 1998 | 19,634 | #19 |
| 1997 | 20,034 | #18 |
| 1996 | 20,508 | #19 |
| 1995 | 20,482 | #19 |
| 1994 | 21,604 | #18 |
| 1993 | 21,788 | #19 |
| 1992 | 23,174 | #19 |
| 1991 | 24,447 | #18 |
| 1990 | 25,088 | #15 |
| 1989 | 24,423 | #16 |
| 1988 | 23,644 | #18 |
| 1987 | 23,127 | #17 |
| 1986 | 21,956 | #19 |
| 1985 | 22,104 | #20 |
| 1984 | 20,956 | #21 |
| 1983 | 19,830 | #22 |
| 1982 | 19,648 | #21 |
| 1981 | 18,569 | #23 |
| 1980 | 17,604 | #24 |
| 1979 | 17,513 | #21 |
| 1978 | 16,808 | #20 |
| 1977 | 16,804 | #21 |
| 1976 | 16,601 | #22 |
| 1975 | 16,489 | #21 |
| 1974 | 16,391 | #21 |
| 1973 | 16,414 | #21 |
| 1972 | 17,454 | #22 |
| 1971 | 19,223 | #23 |
| 1970 | 21,176 | #22 |
| 1969 | 20,904 | #20 |
| 1968 | 20,231 | #21 |
| 1967 | 20,887 | #21 |
| 1966 | 20,624 | #22 |
| 1965 | 20,326 | #22 |
| 1964 | 20,126 | #21 |
| 1963 | 20,250 | #22 |
| 1962 | 20,103 | #24 |
| 1961 | 20,209 | #25 |
| 1960 | 19,499 | #25 |
| 1959 | 17,972 | #26 |
| 1958 | 17,430 | #27 |
| 1957 | 17,057 | #27 |
| 1956 | 15,565 | #30 |
| 1955 | 14,170 | #31 |
| 1954 | 13,124 | #32 |
| 1953 | 11,693 | #32 |
| 1952 | 11,188 | #34 |
| 1951 | 9,836 | #34 |
| 1950 | 8,612 | #36 |
| 1949 | 8,452 | #36 |
| 1948 | 7,878 | #41 |
| 1947 | 8,014 | #41 |
| 1946 | 6,771 | #44 |
| 1945 | 5,686 | #46 |
| 1944 | 5,604 | #46 |
| 1943 | 6,202 | #44 |
| 1942 | 6,210 | #44 |
| 1941 | 5,239 | #46 |
| 1940 | 4,769 | #46 |
| 1939 | 4,610 | #48 |
| 1938 | 4,689 | #46 |
| 1937 | 4,339 | #47 |
| 1936 | 3,978 | #48 |
| 1935 | 3,909 | #52 |
| 1934 | 3,840 | #52 |
| 1933 | 3,974 | #46 |
| 1932 | 4,223 | #45 |
| 1931 | 4,310 | #46 |
| 1930 | 4,674 | #44 |
| 1929 | 4,733 | #44 |
| 1928 | 4,719 | #44 |
| 1927 | 4,917 | #43 |
| 1926 | 5,058 | #42 |
| 1925 | 5,041 | #39 |
| 1924 | 5,191 | #39 |
| 1923 | 5,121 | #39 |
| 1922 | 5,091 | #39 |
| 1921 | 5,239 | #40 |
| 1920 | 4,944 | #43 |
| 1919 | 4,737 | #41 |
| 1918 | 5,168 | #39 |
| 1917 | 5,027 | #38 |
| 1916 | 4,749 | #37 |
| 1915 | 4,722 | #36 |
| 1914 | 3,695 | #37 |
| 1913 | 2,781 | #38 |
| 1912 | 2,480 | #37 |
| 1911 | 1,288 | #35 |
| 1910 | 980 | #37 |
| 1909 | 758 | #40 |
| 1908 | 690 | #41 |
| 1907 | 593 | #46 |
| 1906 | 542 | #44 |
| 1905 | 490 | #48 |
| 1904 | 422 | #56 |
| 1903 | 399 | #54 |
| 1902 | 420 | #54 |
| 1901 | 323 | #62 |
| 1900 | 406 | #67 |
| 1899 | 291 | #64 |
| 1898 | 325 | #65 |
| 1897 | 249 | #76 |
| 1896 | 276 | #73 |
| 1895 | 221 | #86 |
| 1894 | 257 | #77 |
| 1893 | 220 | #81 |
| 1892 | 255 | #78 |
| 1891 | 170 | #96 |
| 1890 | 189 | #90 |
| 1889 | 219 | #80 |
| 1888 | 193 | #93 |
| 1887 | 153 | #98 |
| 1886 | 174 | #93 |
| 1885 | 153 | #95 |
| 1884 | 179 | #88 |
| 1883 | 143 | #92 |
| 1882 | 139 | #105 |
| 1881 | 128 | #100 |
| 1880 | 130 | #103 |
Nicknames for Anthony
- Tony 18 boys in the UK in 2025
- Ant
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