Antonia
Feminine
Antonia is given to both — 34,222 girls and 2,618 boys since 1880. See Antonia as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Mark Antony's daughter outlived everybody. Antonia the Younger was the mother of one emperor, the grandmother of another and the great-grandmother of a third, survived every purge of the Julio-Claudian family, and exposed a conspiracy against Tiberius while she was at it.
How old is the name Antonia?
Antonia was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Antonia alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 24,000 people named Antonia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Antonia most popular?
Antonia peaked in 1882, reaching #336 nationally. Today it ranks #1279, 943 places below that high. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Antonius to Antonia
The story of Antonia
She married Drusus, was widowed young, refused to remarry, and ran one of the largest households in Rome for forty years while the imperial family destroyed itself around her. Claudius was her son and she is said to have thought little of him; Caligula was her grandson and had her, by some accounts, driven to suicide. The name she carried is the plain Latin feminine of the clan name, and every Romance language kept it unchanged — Italian, Spanish and Portuguese all write Antonia exactly as Rome did, which very few Roman names manage.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Roman clan name has no established meaning. It is probably Etruscan and older than Latin's own records, and the family's claim to descend from a son of Hercules is decoration rather than evidence.
How the name formed
- Antonius
- Antonia
Related forms: Antonia · Antonia · Antonia · Antonia · Antonina
Pronouncing Antonia
an-TOH-nee-uh
Four syllables with the weight on the second. Spanish and Italian say it the same way, which is unusual for a name that crosses languages.
Nicknames for Antonia
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
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1998465 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #336reached in 1882
- Change vs 2022
- −9.3%175 in 2025, from 193
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.
Antonia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Antonia in Italian — same name
- Antonia in Spanish — same name
- Antonia in German — same name
- Antonia in Portuguese — same name
- Antonina in Polish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Florida.
Antonias among us
people named Antonia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 9,184 born in 2025 was named Antonia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Antonia 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 Antonia is headed
Antonia should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Antonia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Antonia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is spelled identically in Latin, Italian, Spanish, German and Portuguese.
- Toni is a ready short form and a standing name of its own.
- It has an unbroken run in American records from the first year they were kept, and a documented history two thousand years longer.
- Four syllables is long for American paperwork and the name will be shortened by others.
- Its meaning is genuinely unknown, so books that give one are guessing.
- The spelling is recorded for a small number of boys, though it reads overwhelmingly as a girl's name.
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Feminine · #1279 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Antonias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 24,000 people named Antonia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Antonia in 2025?
- Antonia ranks #1279 among US girl names in 2025, with 175 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Antonia?
- About 1 in every 9,184 US girls born in 2025 was named Antonia — 175 in all.
- Will my child share the name Antonia with classmates?
- Antonia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Antonia
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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