# Ante (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ante/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 215 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 215 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | 8,180 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,555 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,688 |
| 1994 | 9 | 5,893 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,459 |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,657 |
| 2003 | 5 | 10,988 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,469 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,666 |
| 2008 | 10 | 7,728 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,615 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,394 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,274 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,845 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,478 |

## People named Ante

- Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist general and military dictator (1889–1959)
- Ante Rebić, Croatian association football player
- Ante Budimir, Croatian footballer
- Ante Gotovina, Croatian general
- Ante Ćorić, Croatian association football player
- Ante Starčević, Croatian politician, writer and "Father of Croatian homeland" (1823-1896)
- Ante Čačić, Croatian football manager
- Ante Covic, Australian association football player
- Ante Tomić, Croatian association football player
- Ante Tomić, Croatian basketball player (born 1987)
- Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (1864-1938)
- Ante Toni Žižić, Croatian basketball player (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.