# Antoine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/antoine/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæntwɑːn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Antjuan, Antuan, Antwan, Antwaun, Antwoine, Antwon, Antwone, Antwuan |
| US babies named this | 27,652 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27,288 / 364 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 441, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Antoine. Doublet of Anthony.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 12 | 5,591 |
| 1982 | 16 | 4,540 |
| 1983 | 16 | 4,487 |
| 1984 | 16 | 4,489 |
| 1985 | 11 | 6,054 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,193 |
| 1987 | 10 | 6,821 |
| 1988 | 13 | 5,916 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7,486 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,112 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11,617 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,569 |
| 1993 | 7 | 10,688 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13,598 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10,669 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 238 | 877 |
| 2012 | 251 | 846 |
| 2013 | 211 | 943 |
| 2014 | 194 | 1,039 |
| 2015 | 204 | 998 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,023 |
| 2017 | 192 | 1,048 |
| 2018 | 191 | 1,059 |
| 2019 | 140 | 1,309 |
| 2020 | 127 | 1,378 |
| 2021 | 142 | 1,317 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,611 |
| 2023 | 113 | 1,548 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,599 |
| 2025 | 95 | 1,708 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Antoine

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
- Antoine Lavoisier, French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
- Antoine Henri Becquerel, French physicist (1852–1908)
- Antoine Griezmann, French footballer (born 1991)
- Antoine François Prévost, French novelist (1697–1763)
- Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)
- Antoine Meillet, French linguist (1866–1936)
- Antoine of Navarre, French king consort (1518–1562)
- Antoine de Rivarol, French writer (1753-1801)
- Antoine Gizenga, Congolese Prime Minister, candidate for President (1925 – 2019)
- Antoine Galland, French orientalist, numismatist and translator (1646–1715)
- Antoine César Becquerel, French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878

## 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.