Antonino
Masculine
Antonino is the Italian double diminutive of Antonio, and the Roman family name behind it is one whose meaning has never been established.
How old is the name Antonino?
Antonino first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Antonino alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 1,800 people named Antonino are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Antonino most popular?
Antonino peaked in 1972, reaching #1249 nationally. Today it ranks #4050, 2,801 places below that high. See the whole 1972 chart.
Where it comes from
From Antonius to Antonino
The story of Antonino
The Antonii were a Roman family — Mark Antony among them — and their name is very likely Etruscan, which is a language whose vocabulary is only partly recovered. Antony of Egypt and Antony of Padua made it a Christian name. Sicily and southern Italy favor Antonino, and it reaches American records in large numbers with Sicilian emigration around 1910.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Roman gens name Antonius has no settled derivation and is probably Etruscan, like a number of Roman family names. The popular reading as priceless or praiseworthy is a later invention with no support. The -ino ending is an Italian diminutive.
How the name formed
- Antonius
- Antonio
- Antonino
Related forms: Antonino · Antonino · Anthony
Pronouncing Antonino
an-toh-NEE-noh
Four syllables with the stress on the third. Every letter is sounded in Italian.
Nicknames for Antonino
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
- 1912
- Most boys named
- 197244 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1249reached in 1972
- Change vs 2023
- +44.4%26 in 2025, from 18
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.
Antonino in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Antonino in Italian — same name
- Antonino in Spanish — same name
- Anthony in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan.
Antoninos among us
people named Antonino are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 65,695 born in 2025 was named Antonino
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mick test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Antonino's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mick climbed just as high around 1957, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mick's path sketches the road Antonino is walking now.
Antonino 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 Antonino is headed
Antonino 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.
Antonino beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Antonino in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Nino and Tony are both warm short forms in two languages.
- Substantial early twentieth-century American use with Sicilian families.
- Every letter is said, so Italian speakers read it correctly at once.
- The meaning is genuinely unknown, and the priceless reading is an invention.
- Eight letters and four syllables is a great deal for early handwriting.
- It reads as of an older generation to Italian speakers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Antoninos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Antonino are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Antonino in 2025?
- Antonino ranks #4050 among US boy names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Antonino?
- About 1 in every 65,695 US boys born in 2025 was named Antonino — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Antonino with classmates?
- Antonino will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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