Antony
Masculine
Antony is the older English spelling, without the h — Anthony's th is a Renaissance addition by scholars who wrongly thought the name was Greek.
How old is the name Antony?
Antony first appears in US birth records in 1900 — 125 years ago. The typical Antony alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 9,600 people named Antony are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Antony most popular?
Antony peaked in 1970, reaching #611 nationally. Today it ranks #1621, 1,010 places below that high. See the whole 1970 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Antonius to Antony
The story of Antony
Mark Antony ruled a third of the Roman world and lost it at Actium; Shakespeare spells him Antony. Saint Antony of Egypt founded Christian monasticism in the desert around 300. English used Antony for centuries before the h crept in. The spelling remains standard in Britain, and it appears in American records in current use.
Meaningnot established
Not established
From the Roman family name Antonius, of genuinely unrecovered origin — probably Etruscan. The h was added in the sixteenth century by scholars who linked it to the Greek anthos, 'flower', which is a false etymology. Antony without the h is the historically correct English form.
How the name formed
- Antonius
- Antony
- Anthony
Related forms: Anthony · Antonio · Antoine · Anton
Pronouncing Antony
AN-tuh-nee
Three syllables, stress on the first. Antony and Anthony are said identically in British English; American speakers often sound the h.
Nicknames for Antony
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
- 1900
- Most boys named
- 2006248 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #611reached in 1970
- Change vs 2023
- −11.1%104 in 2025, from 117
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.
Antony in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Anthony in English — spelling variant
- Antonio in Italian — related form
- Antoine in French — related form
- Anton in Russian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Antonys among us
people named Antony are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 16,424 born in 2025 was named Antony
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Antony
- #1621
- Antony on the 2025 chart
- #763
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Antony went to 104 boys in 2025, but Antoni 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 — 858 places above the chart.
- Antony104
- Antoni61
About 1 boy in 10,352 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 16,424 for Antony 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Gerold test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Antony's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gerold climbed just as high around 1939, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gerold's path sketches the road Antony is walking now.
Antony is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Antony is headed
Antony 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.
Antony beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Antony in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is the historically correct English spelling, without the false Greek h.
- A Roman triumvir and the founder of monasticism both carry it.
- Tony is available as a completely ordinary short form.
- Anthony is far commoner in America and will be assumed.
- The Roman family name's own meaning is genuinely unrecovered.
- It will be corrected to Anthony by other people.
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Frequently asked
- How many Antonys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,600 people named Antony are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Antony?
- Antony is the most-used spelling in US records — 104 of the 165 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Antoni.
- How popular is the name Antony in 2025?
- Antony ranks #1621 among US boy names in 2025, with 104 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Antony?
- About 1 in every 16,424 US boys born in 2025 was named Antony — 104 in all.
- Will my child share the name Antony with classmates?
- Antony will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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