# Anton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anton/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,936 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,915 / 21 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,845, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 8 | 6,116 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,367 |
| 1986 | 8 | 7,792 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 192 | 1,009 |
| 2012 | 204 | 979 |
| 2013 | 191 | 1,020 |
| 2014 | 241 | 893 |
| 2015 | 214 | 967 |
| 2016 | 205 | 993 |
| 2017 | 207 | 987 |
| 2018 | 179 | 1,095 |
| 2019 | 172 | 1,132 |
| 2020 | 150 | 1,240 |
| 2021 | 162 | 1,198 |
| 2022 | 133 | 1,394 |
| 2023 | 123 | 1,466 |
| 2024 | 122 | 1,481 |
| 2025 | 132 | 1,389 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 516 |
| 2012 | 70 | 526 |
| 2013 | 69 | 532 |
| 2014 | 54 | 632 |
| 2015 | 49 | 682 |
| 2016 | 62 | 585 |
| 2017 | 37 | 848 |
| 2018 | 37 | 835 |
| 2019 | 42 | 762 |
| 2020 | 55 | 627 |
| 2021 | 44 | 761 |
| 2022 | 30 | 993 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 37 | 857 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## People named Anton

- Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (1824-1896)
- Anton Zeilinger, Austrian quantum physicist (born 1945)
- Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor
- Anton Yelchin, American actor (1989–2016)
- Anton Raphael Mengs, German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid (1728-1779)
- Anton Mauve, Dutch painter (1838–1888)
- Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher
- Anton Reicha, Czech-born French composer (1770–1836)
- Anton Mussert, Dutch fascist (1894-1946)
- Anton Corbijn, Dutch film director, video director and photographer (born 1955)
- Anton von Werner, German painter (1843-1915)
- Anton Ondruš, Czechoslovakian soccer player

## 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.