Anton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AN-ton
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,133 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,388 for boys
Anton is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,133rd for boys in the UK (28 babies) and 1,388th for boys in the US (132 babies).
What does Anton mean?
Latin: German, Scandinavian and Slavic form of Anthony
The German, Scandinavian and Slavic form of Anthony; Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian writer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Anton a girl's or a boy's name?
Anton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the UK and 132 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,133rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were named Anton, making it the 1,133rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 624th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 111 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Anton since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Anton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,066th in England and Wales.
Anton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,133 |
| 2024 | 43 | #838 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,024 |
| 2021 | 50 | #761 |
| 2020 | 64 | #624 |
| 2019 | 53 | #706 |
| 2018 | 45 | #796 |
| 2017 | 48 | #778 |
| 2016 | 72 | #585 |
| 2015 | 60 | #652 |
| 2014 | 67 | #596 |
| 2013 | 78 | #532 |
| 2012 | 86 | #497 |
| 2011 | 81 | #502 |
| 2010 | 89 | #463 |
| 2009 | 85 | #479 |
| 2008 | 103 | #403 |
| 2007 | 91 | #429 |
| 2006 | 97 | #392 |
| 2005 | 87 | #391 |
| 2004 | 81 | #389 |
| 2003 | 109 | #304 |
| 2002 | 111 | #283 |
| 2001 | 93 | #327 |
| 2000 | 85 | #348 |
| 1999 | 76 | #361 |
| 1998 | 79 | #344 |
| 1997 | 72 | #371 |
| 1996 | 82 | #325 |
How popular is Anton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,388th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 132 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 132 boys in the US were named Anton, making it the 1,388th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,240th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 357 boys.
Half of all the boys named Anton in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #1,388 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,481 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,465 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,393 |
| 2021 | 162 | #1,198 |
| 2020 | 150 | #1,240 |
| 2019 | 172 | #1,132 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,094 |
| 2017 | 207 | #987 |
| 2016 | 205 | #993 |
| 2015 | 214 | #966 |
| 2014 | 241 | #893 |
| 2013 | 191 | #1,020 |
| 2012 | 204 | #979 |
| 2011 | 192 | #1,008 |
| 2010 | 193 | #1,012 |
| 2009 | 205 | #973 |
| 2008 | 259 | #840 |
| 2007 | 252 | #844 |
| 2006 | 301 | #718 |
| 2005 | 268 | #749 |
| 2004 | 244 | #754 |
| 2003 | 252 | #726 |
| 2002 | 290 | #651 |
| 2001 | 258 | #695 |
| 2000 | 251 | #700 |
| 1999 | 252 | #669 |
| 1998 | 253 | #673 |
| 1997 | 220 | #716 |
| 1996 | 217 | #721 |
| 1995 | 332 | #561 |
| 1994 | 317 | #581 |
| 1993 | 195 | #746 |
| 1992 | 224 | #690 |
| 1991 | 232 | #661 |
| 1990 | 277 | #601 |
| 1989 | 219 | #671 |
| 1988 | 232 | #620 |
| 1987 | 216 | #618 |
| 1986 | 217 | #604 |
| 1985 | 226 | #581 |
| 1984 | 227 | #565 |
| 1983 | 268 | #513 |
| 1982 | 242 | #556 |
| 1981 | 234 | #558 |
| 1980 | 286 | #498 |
| 1979 | 303 | #472 |
| 1978 | 190 | #604 |
| 1977 | 176 | #639 |
| 1976 | 189 | #591 |
| 1975 | 236 | #524 |
| 1974 | 180 | #595 |
| 1973 | 200 | #562 |
| 1972 | 212 | #546 |
| 1971 | 194 | #592 |
| 1970 | 209 | #559 |
| 1969 | 214 | #537 |
| 1968 | 184 | #559 |
| 1967 | 182 | #552 |
| 1966 | 125 | #660 |
| 1965 | 113 | #697 |
| 1964 | 152 | #629 |
| 1963 | 158 | #620 |
| 1962 | 139 | #657 |
| 1961 | 117 | #707 |
| 1960 | 152 | #630 |
| 1959 | 142 | #643 |
| 1958 | 127 | #674 |
| 1957 | 135 | #657 |
| 1956 | 123 | #678 |
| 1955 | 148 | #607 |
| 1954 | 121 | #658 |
| 1953 | 108 | #685 |
| 1952 | 134 | #607 |
| 1951 | 123 | #634 |
| 1950 | 123 | #620 |
| 1949 | 108 | #660 |
| 1948 | 92 | #696 |
| 1947 | 120 | #624 |
| 1946 | 117 | #592 |
| 1945 | 113 | #567 |
| 1944 | 119 | #554 |
| 1943 | 129 | #557 |
| 1942 | 106 | #611 |
| 1941 | 117 | #553 |
| 1940 | 106 | #576 |
| 1939 | 106 | #556 |
| 1938 | 133 | #506 |
| 1937 | 124 | #517 |
| 1936 | 107 | #552 |
| 1935 | 104 | #566 |
| 1934 | 112 | #557 |
| 1933 | 139 | #477 |
| 1932 | 137 | #490 |
| 1931 | 151 | #459 |
| 1930 | 145 | #494 |
| 1929 | 155 | #472 |
| 1928 | 163 | #479 |
| 1927 | 165 | #471 |
| 1926 | 192 | #436 |
| 1925 | 183 | #444 |
| 1924 | 202 | #430 |
| 1923 | 223 | #399 |
| 1922 | 245 | #385 |
| 1921 | 261 | #375 |
| 1920 | 260 | #372 |
| 1919 | 326 | #303 |
| 1918 | 314 | #321 |
| 1917 | 343 | #277 |
| 1916 | 334 | #279 |
| 1915 | 357 | #252 |
| 1914 | 286 | #255 |
| 1913 | 216 | #259 |
| 1912 | 159 | #283 |
| 1911 | 77 | #305 |
| 1910 | 74 | #282 |
| 1909 | 61 | #289 |
| 1908 | 63 | #269 |
| 1907 | 52 | #294 |
| 1906 | 44 | #309 |
| 1905 | 55 | #266 |
| 1904 | 45 | #285 |
| 1903 | 56 | #248 |
| 1902 | 53 | #254 |
| 1901 | 50 | #244 |
| 1900 | 58 | #269 |
| 1899 | 52 | #231 |
| 1898 | 51 | #245 |
| 1897 | 43 | #272 |
| 1896 | 46 | #265 |
| 1895 | 63 | #218 |
| 1894 | 64 | #209 |
| 1893 | 75 | #193 |
| 1892 | 71 | #205 |
| 1891 | 51 | #223 |
| 1890 | 73 | #183 |
| 1889 | 74 | #182 |
| 1888 | 72 | #204 |
| 1887 | 67 | #185 |
| 1886 | 62 | #213 |
| 1885 | 74 | #176 |
| 1884 | 64 | #206 |
| 1883 | 63 | #185 |
| 1882 | 64 | #200 |
| 1881 | 57 | #197 |
| 1880 | 77 | #171 |
Names like Anton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William, Harry, Aaron, Joseph, Adam, Austin, Charlie, Lewis, Alex, Leo, Reuben, Archie
Names related to Anton
Anthony, Antoni, Antonio, Antony, Antoine, Antwan, Antwon, Antuan
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Anton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anton, updated 20 October 2026.