boys:
10.5k births since 1900
#1137 (75th percentile)
overall:
10.5k births since 1900
#2584 (67th percentile)
The name Antony is the #2,584 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,503 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 66.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,137 (75.2% percentile) for all time with 10,503 births since 1900.
Antony first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (first recorded for boys in 1900). Birth data for Antony is available in 114 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Antony reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 28.9% percentile (ranked #587) with 118 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 120 births per million (ranked 28.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Antony ranks #801 for boys (12.1% percentile) with 63 births per million, which is 52.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Antony".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Antony", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 22 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Anthony" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Anthony..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Antony. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.9% confident that Antony is pronounced as AN-tuh-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is an-TOH-nee, at 13.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like AE1 N T AH0 N IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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