Antoinette
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #2,998 for girls
Antoinette is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
What does Antoinette mean?
French
A female given name from French; best known for the ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Antoinette a girl's or a boy's name?
Antoinette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Antoinette in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 29 girls.
Half of all the girls named Antoinette in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Antoinette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 2 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 29 | #837 |
How popular is Antoinette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,998th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Antoinette, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 1924, with 1,333 girls.
Half of all the girls named Antoinette in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Antoinette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,586 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,904 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,594 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 93 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 73 | #2,458 |
| 2012 | 83 | #2,265 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,258 |
| 2010 | 93 | #2,118 |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,927 |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,579 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,722 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,417 |
| 2004 | 145 | #1,424 |
| 2003 | 129 | #1,508 |
| 2002 | 146 | #1,327 |
| 2001 | 204 | #1,049 |
| 2000 | 214 | #990 |
| 1999 | 261 | #826 |
| 1998 | 285 | #756 |
| 1997 | 318 | #680 |
| 1996 | 349 | #643 |
| 1995 | 364 | #611 |
| 1994 | 401 | #573 |
| 1993 | 447 | #535 |
| 1992 | 515 | #479 |
| 1991 | 593 | #428 |
| 1990 | 753 | #354 |
| 1989 | 702 | #367 |
| 1988 | 745 | #330 |
| 1987 | 788 | #310 |
| 1986 | 780 | #308 |
| 1985 | 690 | #340 |
| 1984 | 651 | #353 |
| 1983 | 633 | #359 |
| 1982 | 687 | #343 |
| 1981 | 665 | #353 |
| 1980 | 590 | #389 |
| 1979 | 620 | #365 |
| 1978 | 537 | #387 |
| 1977 | 555 | #380 |
| 1976 | 611 | #352 |
| 1975 | 646 | #341 |
| 1974 | 684 | #324 |
| 1973 | 761 | #306 |
| 1972 | 802 | #305 |
| 1971 | 968 | #291 |
| 1970 | 1,020 | #288 |
| 1969 | 981 | #285 |
| 1968 | 964 | #279 |
| 1967 | 1,032 | #262 |
| 1966 | 951 | #274 |
| 1965 | 994 | #273 |
| 1964 | 1,025 | #285 |
| 1963 | 1,055 | #280 |
| 1962 | 996 | #291 |
| 1961 | 1,008 | #292 |
| 1960 | 932 | #307 |
| 1959 | 879 | #311 |
| 1958 | 859 | #310 |
| 1957 | 943 | #297 |
| 1956 | 952 | #283 |
| 1955 | 846 | #299 |
| 1954 | 961 | #270 |
| 1953 | 878 | #282 |
| 1952 | 968 | #253 |
| 1951 | 899 | #257 |
| 1950 | 860 | #260 |
| 1949 | 889 | #255 |
| 1948 | 974 | #239 |
| 1947 | 992 | #238 |
| 1946 | 781 | #255 |
| 1945 | 735 | #249 |
| 1944 | 733 | #244 |
| 1943 | 800 | #238 |
| 1942 | 867 | #223 |
| 1941 | 732 | #234 |
| 1940 | 741 | #227 |
| 1939 | 766 | #217 |
| 1938 | 739 | #227 |
| 1937 | 687 | #237 |
| 1936 | 662 | #241 |
| 1935 | 627 | #249 |
| 1934 | 616 | #253 |
| 1933 | 646 | #239 |
| 1932 | 787 | #218 |
| 1931 | 878 | #206 |
| 1930 | 976 | #197 |
| 1929 | 937 | #199 |
| 1928 | 1,027 | #196 |
| 1927 | 1,033 | #196 |
| 1926 | 1,158 | #182 |
| 1925 | 1,172 | #187 |
| 1924 | 1,333 | #173 |
| 1923 | 1,251 | #175 |
| 1922 | 1,271 | #175 |
| 1921 | 1,234 | #180 |
| 1920 | 1,162 | #180 |
| 1919 | 1,090 | #180 |
| 1918 | 1,148 | #179 |
| 1917 | 1,177 | #170 |
| 1916 | 1,063 | #175 |
| 1915 | 1,047 | #173 |
| 1914 | 830 | #170 |
| 1913 | 646 | #181 |
| 1912 | 507 | #194 |
| 1911 | 388 | #183 |
| 1910 | 320 | #200 |
| 1909 | 296 | #196 |
| 1908 | 266 | #205 |
| 1907 | 254 | #204 |
| 1906 | 210 | #216 |
| 1905 | 181 | #236 |
| 1904 | 186 | #224 |
| 1903 | 159 | #238 |
| 1902 | 143 | #261 |
| 1901 | 141 | #242 |
| 1900 | 133 | #281 |
| 1899 | 130 | #244 |
| 1898 | 126 | #269 |
| 1897 | 97 | #290 |
| 1896 | 91 | #305 |
| 1895 | 96 | #288 |
| 1894 | 91 | #289 |
| 1893 | 63 | #338 |
| 1892 | 72 | #314 |
| 1891 | 69 | #299 |
| 1890 | 66 | #310 |
| 1889 | 69 | #285 |
| 1888 | 66 | #288 |
| 1887 | 47 | #310 |
| 1886 | 46 | #305 |
| 1885 | 41 | #317 |
| 1884 | 35 | #331 |
| 1883 | 44 | #270 |
| 1882 | 35 | #296 |
| 1881 | 29 | #290 |
| 1880 | 19 | #375 |
Names like Antoinette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alice, Eleanor, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Beatrice, Josephine, Anna, Annie, Catherine, Florence, Grace, Amy
Names related to Antoinette
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Antoinette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/antoinette, updated 20 October 2026.