# Antony (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/antony/  
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 | /ˈæntəni/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,701 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,701 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,457, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens, of uncertain etymology, but not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 147 | 1,198 |
| 2012 | 156 | 1,167 |
| 2013 | 169 | 1,096 |
| 2014 | 118 | 1,422 |
| 2015 | 125 | 1,382 |
| 2016 | 110 | 1,522 |
| 2017 | 96 | 1,645 |
| 2018 | 83 | 1,824 |
| 2019 | 94 | 1,691 |
| 2020 | 73 | 1,964 |
| 2021 | 76 | 1,964 |
| 2022 | 119 | 1,516 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,508 |
| 2024 | 92 | 1,776 |
| 2025 | 104 | 1,622 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 486 |
| 2012 | 59 | 592 |
| 2013 | 80 | 479 |
| 2014 | 81 | 485 |
| 2015 | 54 | 640 |
| 2016 | 50 | 691 |
| 2017 | 49 | 709 |
| 2018 | 48 | 711 |
| 2019 | 38 | 813 |
| 2020 | 43 | 745 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,004 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 36 | 874 |
| 2024 | 32 | 968 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## People named Antony

- Antony Blinken, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1962) and former United States Secretary of State (2021
- Antony Hewish, English physicist and radio astronomer (1924–2021)
- Antony dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Antony Gormley, British sculptor (born 1950)
- Antony Beevor, English military historian
- Antony Flew, British analytic and evidentialist philosopher (1923-2010)
- Antony Costa, English musician and actor
- Ántony de Ávila, Colombian footballer
- Antony C. Sutton, British writer (1925–2002)
- Antony Padiyara, First Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church
- Antony Sher, British actor, writer and theatre director (1949–2021)
- Antony Garrett Lisi, American theoretical physicist

## 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.