Tony
given name · Latin script
Meaning: , occasionally 2 Shortened form of }Anthony, now sometimes used as an independent given name
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/toʊni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tony is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 65th most common given name.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 398(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 550
- AUAustralia≈1 in 603
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 Tony 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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #420 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 638 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 398 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
, occasionally 2 Shortened form of }Anthony, now sometimes used as an independent given name.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tony 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,300,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Tony | 108 |
| US United States | #186 | 191,115 | 1 in 1.7K | 189K | Tony | 638 |
| NG Nigeria | #447 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Tony | 117 |
| GB United Kingdom | #161 | ≈77,000 est. | ≈1 in 854 | — | Tony | 379 |
| FR France | — | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 52K | Tony | 15 |
| AU Australia | #117 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 603 | 90 | Tony | 322 |
| HK Hong Kong | #65 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 398 | — | Tony | 111 |
| FI Finland | #843 | 17,435as Toni | 1 in 320 | 19K | Tony | 89 |
| NZ New Zealand | #70 | ≈9,000 est. | ≈1 in 550 | — | Tony | 186 |
| HR Croatia | — | 7,182as Toni | 1 in 589 | 8.1K | — | 1 |
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; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021). 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)
Tony 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 English, A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Praiseworthy; of inestimable worth
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In English, diminutive of Anthony
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In Italian, Variante di Antoni
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
English: short form of ANTHONY , now sometimes used as an independent name in the English-speaking world.
as a word
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)
- Tony Garnierb. 1869FRFrench architect (1869–1948)
- Tony Curtisb. 1925USAmerican actor (1925–2010)
- Tony Robertsb. 1939USAmerican actor (1939–2025)
- Tony Siricob. 1942USAmerican actor (1942–2022)
- Tony Shalhoubb. 1953USAmerican actor (born 1953)
- Tony Blairb. 1953GBPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
- Tony Gilroyb. 1956USAmerican screenwriter and director
- Tony Abbottb. 1957GBPrime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015
- Tony Parkerb. 1982BEFrench basketball player (born 1982)
- Tony Revolorib. 1996USAmerican actor
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 129 sources across 71 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 189K | #290 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 52K | #506 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 3.7K | #375 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 3K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.3K | #290 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 325 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 219 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 186 | #1,211 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1987 | 84 | #92 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 77 | #3,565 |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Tony?
- In the etymology graph, Antonio, Toni and Antoine are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Anthony.
- Is Tony a male or female name?
- Tony 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 Tony mean, and where does it come from?
- , occasionally 2 Shortened form of }Anthony, now sometimes used as an independent given name. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- In which country does Tony have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 million people named Tony in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tony.
- How do you pronounce Tony?
- A machine transcription gives /toʊni/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Tony?
- In the United States, the national register counted 191,115 people named Tony in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Tony compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Tony is the 65th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tony?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tonyThe 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, “Tony” — the 65th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.