NameTides

Anthony

Anthony was the #46 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,967 babies), and #239 in England & Wales and #92 in Canada.

Anthony as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Anthony as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern Ireland
Anthony as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#46 (5,967)#239 (206)#243 (17)#314 (5)#135 (40)#92 (329)——
2024#44 (6,353)#216 (228)#152 (30)#202 (10)#102 (55)#88 (327)——
2023#46 (6,277)#184 (280)#182 (25)#169 (13)#103 (56)#66 (414)——
2022#44 (6,607)#180 (282)#217 (19)#147 (16)#90 (69)#82 (364)——
2021#43 (6,792)#202 (269)#153 (33)#192 (12)#121 (53)#92 (360)#99 (97)—
2020#41 (7,037)#166 (318)#164 (28)#169 (13)#93 (64)#74 (422)#97 (96)—
2019#38 (7,725)#164 (322)#158 (34)#160 (15)#94 (70)#67 (471)——
2018#38 (8,048)#158 (355)#144 (42)#121 (20)#98 (68)#72 (451)#86 (107)—
2017#33 (8,877)#150 (383)#151 (38)#194 (11)#81 (87)#62 (503)#89 (99)—
2016#30 (9,900)#140 (422)#136 (45)#125 (24)#86 (84)#51 (640)#83 (116)—
2015#25 (10,664)#144 (388)#111 (59)#142 (19)#83 (88)#43 (729)#84 (115)—
2014#21 (11,613)#135 (422)#117 (54)#118 (25)#89 (89)#44 (715)#88 (115)#94 (68)
2013#19 (12,295)#148 (400)#137 (42)#138 (19)#79 (100)#41 (750)#76 (137)—
2012#15 (13,228)#142 (414)#131 (48)#120 (23)#99 (77)#37 (786)#75 (137)#96 (78)
2011#11 (14,290)#153 (393)#119 (52)#118 (24)#83 (94)#33 (841)#67 (146)#96 (73)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #17.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 290 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 290common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 480common

Next year

On its recent trend, Anthony is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 290 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 280 to 1 in 300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anthony by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #72WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #57WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #86NDMinnesota: #83MNIllinois: #36ILMichigan: #76MINew York: #34NYMassachusetts: #20MAOregon: #71ORNevada: #29NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #105SDIowa: #143IAIndiana: #63INOhio: #71OHPennsylvania: #42PANew Jersey: #11NJConnecticut: #16CTRhode Island: #14RICalifornia: #35CAUtah: #76UTColorado: #69CONebraska: #98NEMissouri: #80MOKentucky: #91KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #67VAMaryland: #32MDDelaware: #15DEArizona: #45AZNew Mexico: #38NMKansas: #82KSArkansas: #97ARTennessee: #109TNNorth Carolina: #70NCSouth Carolina: #38SCDistrict of Columbia: #25DCOklahoma: #68OKLouisiana: #60LAMississippi: #124MSAlabama: #89ALGeorgia: #59GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #42TXFlorida: #32FL
Anthony (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#72164
Quebec2025#9080

Anthony (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnthonyCanadaGirls—too few
AnthonyCanadaBoys#92329
AnthonyEngland & WalesBoys#239206
AnthonyIrelandBoys#13540
AnthonyNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
AnthonyNSWBoys—too few
AnthonyScotlandBoys#24317
AnthonyUSGirls#9,45710
AnthonyUSBoys#465,967
AnthonyVICBoys—too few