# Antoinette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/antoinette/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌæntwəˈnet/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 78,789 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 68 / 78,721 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 210, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Antoinette, feminine diminutive of Antoine, equivalent to 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 2,261 |
| 2012 | 83 | 2,266 |
| 2013 | 73 | 2,462 |
| 2014 | 93 | 2,081 |
| 2015 | 78 | 2,356 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,598 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,604 |
| 2018 | 57 | 2,912 |
| 2019 | 59 | 2,818 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,441 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,590 |
| 2022 | 61 | 2,795 |
| 2023 | 51 | 3,188 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,895 |
| 2025 | 55 | 3,002 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 7 | 3,369 |
| 1929 | 5 | 3,983 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,023 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,544 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,616 |
| 1966 | 8 | 2,992 |
| 1969 | 6 | 3,961 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,469 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,105 |
| 1981 | 7 | 4,985 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,657 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 | 2,084 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 安托瓦妮特
- Danish: Antoinette
- French: Antoinette
- Greek: Αντουανέτα
- Italian: Antonietta
- Portuguese: Antonieta
- Russian: Антуанéт
- Spanish: Antonieta

## People named Antoinette

- Antoinette Brown Blackwell, American minister (1825–1921)
- Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong, Dutch speed skater
- Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German duchess (1696-1762)
- Aimée Antoinette Camus, French botanist (1879-1965)
- Antoinette Nana Djimou, French heptathlete and pentathlete
- Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières, French writer, poet, salonnière (1638–1694)
- Antoinette Bourignon, 17th-century French-Flemish mystic
- Antoinette Meyer, alpine skier (1920-2010)
- Antoinette Perry, American actress, stage director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing
- Antoinette Ouédraogo, Burkinabé lawyer, women's rights and environmental activist
- Antoinette Spaak, Belgian politician (1928–2020)
- Antoinette Batumubwira, Burundian politician

## 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.