# Antero (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/antero/  
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 | 71 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 71 / 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 6 | 3,548 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,137 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,503 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,666 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,579 |
| 1991 | 8 | 5,972 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,690 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,003 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,579 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8,974 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,319 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,160 |

## People named Antero

- Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
- Antero Kivi, Finnish discus thrower (1904–1981)
- Veikko Antero Koskenniemi, Finnish poet, journalist and professor (1885-1962)
- Antero Manninen, Finnish musician
- Osmo Antero Wiio, Finnish communications professor, journalist and Member of Parliament (1928-2013)
- Antero Svensson, Finnish military personnel (1892-1946)
- Antero Mertaranta, Finnish sportscaster
- Keijo Liinamaa, Finnish politician and lawyer (1929–1980)
- Mikael Granlund, Finnish ice hockey forward
- Sebastian Aho, Finnish ice hockey player (born 1997)
- Osmo Vänskä, Finnish conductor, clarinetist and composer
- Amen, Finnish guitarist

## 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.