# Antonia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/antonia/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ænˈtəʊni.ə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tonia, Toni |
| Variant spellings | Anthonia |
| US babies named this | 36,840 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,618 / 34,222 (93% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,710, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Antonia. The feminine equivalent 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 232 | 1,061 |
| 2012 | 223 | 1,113 |
| 2013 | 241 | 1,034 |
| 2014 | 272 | 981 |
| 2015 | 262 | 1,020 |
| 2016 | 265 | 997 |
| 2017 | 257 | 1,010 |
| 2018 | 198 | 1,200 |
| 2019 | 229 | 1,090 |
| 2020 | 198 | 1,174 |
| 2021 | 212 | 1,153 |
| 2022 | 193 | 1,246 |
| 2023 | 219 | 1,120 |
| 2024 | 236 | 1,056 |
| 2025 | 175 | 1,279 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | 8,539 |
| 1999 | 9 | 6,563 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,345 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,396 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,081 |
| 2003 | 11 | 6,285 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,186 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,140 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,041 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,022 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,671 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,042 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9,674 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,882 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,284 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 489 |
| 2012 | 99 | 454 |
| 2013 | 129 | 353 |
| 2014 | 147 | 315 |
| 2015 | 178 | 273 |
| 2016 | 205 | 246 |
| 2017 | 212 | 237 |
| 2018 | 227 | 224 |
| 2019 | 223 | 223 |
| 2020 | 188 | 248 |
| 2021 | 180 | 262 |
| 2022 | 163 | 281 |
| 2023 | 139 | 314 |
| 2024 | 119 | 365 |
| 2025 | 91 | 439 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Antònia
- Czech: Antonie
- Danish: Antonie
- German: Antonia
- Hungarian: Antónia
- Italian: Antonia
- Latvian: Antonija
- Norwegian: Antonie
- Polish: Antonia
- Portuguese: Antônia, Antónia
- Slovak: Antónia
- Spanish: Antonia
- Swedish: Antonia

## People named Antonia

- Antonia Thomas, British actress
- Antonia Maury, American astronomer (1866–1952)
- Antonia Fraser, British author and novelist
- Antonia Brico, American conductor (1902–1989)
- Antonia Bird, film director (1951–2013)
- Antonia Gentry, American actress
- Antonia Moreira, Angolan judoka
- Antonia Coello-Novello, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes, British actress
- Antonia Ružić, Croatian tennis player
- Antonia Zegers, Chilean actress
- Antônia da Santa Cruz, Brazilian supercentenarian

## 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.