Antigone
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Antigone is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Antigone mean?
Greek: ancient Greek name
In Sophocles' tragedy Antigone defies King Creon to give her brother a proper burial.
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Is Antigone a girl's or a boy's name?
Antigone is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Antigone in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Antigone, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Antigone in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Antigone in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Antigone in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Antigone in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Antigone in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
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