NameTides

Tony

Tony was the #783 boys' name in the US in 2025 (325 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Tony as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Tony as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Tony as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#783 (325)#1,466 (18)——#372 (10)#1,374 (17)—
2024#806 (313)#847 (38)——#302 (13)#959 (26)—
2023#841 (290)#929 (33)#728 (3)#395 (3)#235 (19)#947 (25)—
2022#698 (379)#825 (38)——#349 (12)#917 (26)—
2021#679 (392)#907 (33)—#249 (8)#326 (13)#794 (32)—
2020#630 (427)#755 (42)#536 (5)#392 (3)#342 (12)#906 (26)—
2019#592 (467)#856 (35)—#312 (5)#352 (11)#616 (43)—
2018#583 (471)#851 (36)#704 (3)#365 (4)#283 (16)#778 (31)—
2017#544 (520)#833 (38)#442 (7)—#281 (16)#576 (46)—
2016#521 (567)#597 (60)—#358 (4)#329 (13)#729 (35)—
2015#500 (581)#682 (49)#470 (6)#237 (8)#280 (16)#706 (36)—
2014#447 (666)#562 (64)#587 (4)#398 (3)#403 (9)#620 (43)—
2013#435 (664)#692 (47)#520 (5)#303 (5)#352 (11)#535 (50)—
2012#428 (653)#538 (68)—#217 (9)#227 (25)#581 (44)—
2011#408 (691)#495 (73)#386 (8)#311 (4)#302 (15)#425 (66)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1962 at #52.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tony is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 7,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tony by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #623CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #569NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #622TXFlorida: #681FL
Tony (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#79414

Tony (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
TonyCanadaBoys#1,37417
TonyEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
TonyIrelandBoys#37210
TonyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TonyNSWBoys—too few
TonyScotlandBoys—too few
TonyUSGirls—too few
TonyUSBoys#783325