Antonio
Feminine
Antonio is given to boys far more often — 262,995 boys against 1,975 girls since 1880. See Antonio as a boy name
The saint attached to this name is the one people pray to when they have lost their keys, and the reason is a stolen book. A novice made off with his psalter, was reportedly frightened into bringing it back, and the story of the recovered object attached itself to him so firmly that it has outlasted everything else he did.
How old is the name Antonio?
Antonio first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Antonio alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 1,700 people named Antonio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Antonio most popular?
Antonio peaked in 1974, reaching #1630 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Antonius to Antonio
The story of Antonio
One of the composers who carried it wrote several hundred concertos, ran a music school for orphaned girls in Venice for most of his working life, was ordained a priest and stopped saying mass within a year, and died in Vienna owing money and was buried in a hospital ground with no marker. His music went out of print and stayed out for two centuries. The revival began in the nineteen-twenties when a stack of his manuscripts turned up in a monastery collection being valued for sale, and the concertos everyone now knows were unheard by anybody alive at the time.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Roman family name at the root has no established meaning and is generally thought to be Etruscan, which puts it beyond the reach of the usual tools. The flower gloss frequently offered is a Renaissance invention.
How the name formed
- Antonius
- Antonio
Related forms: Antonio · Antonio · António · Antoine
Pronouncing Antonio
an-TOH-nee-oh
Four syllables with the stress on the second. Spanish and Italian agree on the placement, which makes the name unusually stable across languages.
Nicknames for Antonio
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
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 198661 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1630reached in 1974
- Change vs 2013
- 0.0%5 in 2018, from 5
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.
Antonio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Antonio in Spanish — same name
- Antonio in Italian — same name
- António in Portuguese — same name
- Antoine in French — same name
Antonios among us
people named Antonio 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
Antonio 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
- It is recognized instantly across southern Europe and the Americas.
- It has established short forms in three languages.
- The spelling and the sound agree completely in all of them.
- No meaning can be given, because the Roman root has none that survives.
- It is common enough that a child may not be the only one nearby.
- The record holds girls as well, and the girl is much the smaller side.
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Frequently asked
- How many Antonios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Antonio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Antonio in 2025?
- Antonio is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Antonio with classmates?
- Antonio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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