Anthony
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From the male personal name Anthony, from Latin Arifonius, a Roman family name of unknown origin and meaning
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/æntəni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Anthony is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 25th most common given name.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 247(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 309
- NGNigeria≈1 in 445
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Anthony itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #45 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 691 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 247 (inferred from the name graph)
1,075,181 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Антон in RU Russia, FR France, BY Belarus, Antoni in PL Poland and Anton in SE Sweden.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the male personal name Anthony, from Latin Arifonius, a Roman family name of unknown origin and meaning.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Anthony, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Anthony counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #25 | 1,075,181 | 1 in 309 | 1.1M | Anthony | 691 |
| RU Russia | #51 | ≈770,000 est. | ≈1 in 183 | #37 | Антон | 269 |
| NG Nigeria | #48 | ≈480,000 est. | ≈1 in 445 | — | Anthony | 168 |
| GB United Kingdom | #26 | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 247 | 12 | Anthony | 425 |
| FR France | — | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 371 | 174K | Антон | 21 |
| PL Poland | #89 | 176,680as Antoni | 1 in 217 | 177K | Antoni | 153 |
| BY Belarus | #52 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 235 | 24 | Антон | 83 |
| SE Sweden | #299 | 39,632as Anton | 1 in 257 | 40K | Anton | 110 |
1,075,181 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Anthony is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, English form of Antoine, from Latin Antonius, an ancient Roman family name.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In English, A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme anglaise d’Antoine, du latin Antonius; fête de saint Antoine (17 janv.).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In Swedish, Anthony är en engelsk form av Antonius (→ Anton). En känd namnbärare är den brittiske skådespelaren Anthony Hopkins (f. 1937).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In English, Anthothijah [Antothijah]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Anthony van Dyckb. 1599BEFlemish Baroque artist (1599–1641)
- Anthony Edenb. 1897GBBritish soldier, diplomat and politician (1897–1977)
- Paul Anthony Samuelsonb. 1915USAmerican economist (1915–2009)
- Samuel Alitob. 1950USnot in their usual nameAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2006
- Frank Wilczekb. 1951USnot in their usual nameAmerican theoretical physicist
- Tony Shalhoubb. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1953)
- Baz Luhrmannb. 1962AUnot in their usual nameAustralian writer, director, and producer (born 1962)
- Anthony Albaneseb. 1963AU31st prime minister of Australia
- Cory Bookerb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (born 1969)
- Anthony Martialb. 1995FRFrench footballer (born 1995)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 149 sources across 72 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1M | #23 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 174K | #553 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 3.5K | #755 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2.4K | #315 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2.2K | #326 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.7K | #23 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.4K | — |
Reference works 9
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Anthony?
- In the etymology graph, Antonio, Toni and Antoine are forms of the same name in other languages; Tony is a recorded short or pet form.
- Is Anthony a male or female name?
- Anthony is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Anthony mean, and where does it come from?
- From the male personal name Anthony, from Latin Arifonius, a Roman family name of unknown origin and meaning. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Anthony?
- A machine transcription gives /æntəni/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Anthony have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 million people named Anthony, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anthony.
- How common is the name Anthony?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,075,181 people named Anthony in 2020, about 1 in 309 residents.
- How common is Anthony compared with other names?
- In the United States, Anthony is the 25th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Anthony?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/anthonyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Anthony” — the 25th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.