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Antoni

Masculine

Antoni is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,353 boys against 5 girls since 1880.

1915high 2006
#2284 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare61 boys in 2025

Antoni is the Polish and Catalan of Anthony — a Roman family name the Romans could not explain either.

How old is the name Antoni?

Antoni first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Antoni alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 2,200 people named Antoni are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Antoni most popular?

Antoni peaked in 2007, reaching #1562 nationally. Today it ranks #2284, 722 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Antoni

Antonius was an Etruscan-derived Roman gens name whose meaning was already lost in antiquity, and the English spelling gained an h from a false Greek etymology. Antoni Gaudí built the Sagrada Família. It is standard in Polish and Catalan and appears in American records in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

From the Roman family name Antonius, of unrecovered and probably Etruscan origin. The h in English Anthony was added by scholars who wrongly linked it to the Greek anthos, 'flower'. The name is documented; its meaning is not.

How the name formed

  1. Antonius
  2. Antoni

Related forms: Antoni · Antoni · Anthony

Pronouncing Antoni

an-TOH-nee

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Polish and Catalan say it nearly identically.

Nicknames for Antoni

Moderate

AntekThe standard Polish affectionate form, widely used
ToniThe back of the name, and a name in its own right for both sexes
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1915–202582410826119152025

US babies named Antoni per year from 1915 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#15621910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1915
Most boys named
200682 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1562reached in 2007
Change vs 2023
+13.0%61 in 2025, from 54
Antoni sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2006, with 82 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Antoni in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Antoni in Polish — same name
  • Antoni in Catalan — same name
  • Anthony in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, California, New York.

Antonis among us

2,200

people named Antoni are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 28,001 born in 2025 was named Antoni

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Antoni

#2284
Antoni on the 2025 chart
#763
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Antoni went to 61 boys in 2025, but Antony is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 165, which makes it the 763rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,521 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 10,352 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,001 for Antoni itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Toan test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Antoni's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Toan climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Toan's path sketches the road Antoni is walking now.

40%chance Antoni will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Antoni, aligned on its peakToan· peak 1983not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsToan · #11482Antoni today
Antoni today is about where Toan stood in 2001 — 18 years past a #1562-sized peak. By 2016, Toan had settled around #11482.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Antoni sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Antoni is headed

19152030

US babies named Antoni per year, 1915 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Antoni should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+2% by 2030projected around #2,380 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Antoni beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Antoni in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Antonithis name61#2284Carsyn61#2284Aman61#2284Zacari61#2284Abbas61#2284

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the English h comes from a wrong guess is a first-rate fact.
  • Antek and Toni are two short forms, both with real use.
  • Gaudí is a first-rate bearer.
What to consider
  • The meaning is genuinely unrecovered.
  • Anthony is what English speakers will substitute.
  • It reads as specifically Polish or Catalan.

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Frequently asked

How many Antonis are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Antoni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Antoni?
Antoni is one of 2 recorded spellings. Antony is the more common one — 104 births in 2025 against 61 for Antoni.
How popular is the name Antoni in 2025?
Antoni ranks #2284 among US boy names in 2025, with 61 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Antoni?
About 1 in every 28,001 US boys born in 2025 was named Antoni — 61 in all.
Will my child share the name Antoni with classmates?
Antoni will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Antoni

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Carsyn#2284 · Aman#2284 · Zacari#2284 · Abbas#2284 · Sulayman#2284 · Quade#2284 · Bruin#2284 · Flint#2284

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