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Antony

Boy · AN-to-nee · Latin

Antony is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 1,621st for boys in the US (104 babies).

What does Antony mean?

Latin: older English spelling of Anthony

The older English spelling, used for Mark Antony, the Roman general who allied with Cleopatra.

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

Antony is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 104 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Antony in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,192among boys
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Antony, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 760th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 229 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Antony since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Antony in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. 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 Antony or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #226, up from #1,192 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#99), 1964 (#46), 1974 (#74) and 1984 (#89).

1996Busiest: 229 in 19962025
Antony in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202526#1,192
202432#1,025
202340#874
202234#971
202133#993
202047#760
201940#845
201849#764
201754#717
201659#670
201558#667
201484#525
201386#497
201266#601
201182#496
201073#532
2009102#418
2008100#413
200799#407
2006107#363
200593#374
2004106#317
2003123#281
2002104#297
2001133#244
2000123#263
1999157#218
1998151#234
1997185#200
1996229#159

How popular is Antony in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,621among boys
Babies in 2025
104about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 104 boys in the US were named Antony, making it the 1,621st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,962nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 266 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.

Half of all the boys named Antony in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 6,091 boys in the US were given Antony or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #52, up from #1,621 for this spelling alone.

1900Busiest: 266 in 20072025
Antony in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025104#1,621
202492#1,776
2023117#1,508
2022119#1,516
202176#1,963
202073#1,962
201994#1,691
201883#1,822
201796#1,644
2016110#1,522
2015125#1,381
2014118#1,422
2013169#1,096
2012156#1,167
2011147#1,198
2010209#956
2009199#991
2008231#899
2007266#804
2006248#819
2005248#784
2004238#764
2003248#734
2002220#783
2001226#758
2000209#783
1999178#848
1998176#832
1997189#780
1996188#773
1995153#880
1994152#869
1993151#857
1992156#842
1991166#797
1990151#829
1989140#845
1988163#738
1987144#763
1986157#721
1985100#906
1984125#772
1983124#783
1982134#760
1981120#800
1980116#816
197998#882
1978142#706
1977111#808
1976120#756
1975117#765
1974117#749
1973114#751
1972128#707
1971146#684
1970177#611
1969159#623
1968150#617
1967127#662
1966105#726
1965110#712
1964111#729
1963108#746
196297#771
196188#812
196096#774
195967#938
195860#977
195755#1,021
195647#1,105
195549#1,074
195458#972
195354#974
195246#1,065
195129#1,372
195034#1,231
194924#1,500
194825#1,459
194713#2,168
194619#1,641
194520#1,493
194414#1,889
194315#1,909
194215#1,867
194110#2,333
194016#1,736
193917#1,636
193819#1,559
193710#2,332
19368#2,628
19357#2,951
19349#2,563
193311#2,213
193211#2,313
193111#2,327
193014#2,079
192912#2,316
19289#2,842
192717#1,959
192611#2,565
192514#2,192
192420#1,776
192313#2,330
192220#1,765
192113#2,375
192020#1,747
191919#1,751
191821#1,647
191722#1,528
191615#1,948
191514#1,967
191422#1,260
191310#1,802
19126#2,268
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19035#1,129
19020–
19010–
19006#1,161

Nicknames for Antony

Names like Antony

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Adam Dominic Zachary Adrian Alexander Timothy Jeremy Patrick Toby Christopher Matthew Nicholas

Other spellings of Antony

Anthony Anthoni Antonie Anthonny

Names related to Antony

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