Anthoney
Masculine
Anthoney adds an e that writes the vowel English actually says. The standard spelling ends in a y that stands for a long e sound; this version spells that out and keeps the y as well, which is belt and braces on a name that already has a contested letter in the middle.
How old is the name Anthoney?
Anthoney first appears in US birth records in 1905 — 120 years ago. The typical Anthoney alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 2,400 people named Anthoney are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Anthoney most popular?
Anthoney peaked in 1968, reaching #938 nationally. See the whole 1968 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Antonius to Anthoney
The story of Anthoney
This is a name that has been fought over letter by letter for four hundred years. The h in the middle was inserted by scholars and is now standard in English and nowhere else. The ending has been written -y, -ie and -ey at different periods. The stress has moved. What Anthoney does is add a further layer: an e before the y, spelling out a sound the y was already carrying. It has been in the American record since the start of the twentieth century, which makes it an old solution to a problem the standard spelling never quite solved.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Roman family name behind it has no established meaning. It is probably Etruscan and older than Latin's own records, and the Romans could not explain it either.
How the name formed
- Antonius
- Anthony
- Anthoney
Related forms: Antonio · Antonio · Antoine
Pronouncing Anthoney
AN-thuh-nee
Three syllables with the weight at the front. The extra e changes nothing; Anthony and Anthoney are said identically.
Nicknames for Anthoney
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1905
- Most boys named
- 196860 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #938reached in 1968
- Change vs 2021
- +33.3%8 in 2023, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Anthoney in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Antonio in Italian — related form
- Antonio in Spanish — related form
- Antoine in French — related form
Anthoneys among us
people named Anthoney are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Anthoney sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Said aloud it is one of the most familiar names in the language.
- Tony is a ready short form and a complete name in its own right.
- It has been in American records for well over a century in this spelling.
- Anthony is the standard spelling and will be restored by every form and autocorrect.
- The extra letter adds no sound, so the difference exists only in writing.
- It will be read as an error rather than a variant by most people.
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Frequently asked
- How many Anthoneys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Anthoney are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Anthoney in 2025?
- Anthoney is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Anthoney with classmates?
- Anthoney will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with A, all years combined.
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