Anthony
In 2025 Anthony comes in at #46 nationally, holding steady. First recorded 1880, best year 1990, 1,488,042 bearers across the whole run.
What Anthony carries
Anthony · Latin
“inestimable”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Anthony’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Anthony, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Anthony since 1880
Anthony peaked in 1990 at #15; #46 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Anthony is most common
By share of a state's recorded boys' names, Anthony runs strongest in Rhode Island at 1.02% in 2025, then Delaware and District of Columbia.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Anthony
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Antonio
#176 in 2025 · Latin
Victoria
#54 in 2025 · Latin
Emily
#34 in 2025 · Latin
Austin
#113 in 2025 · Latin
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Julia
#131 in 2025 · Latin
Aurora
#15 in 2025 · Latin
Victor
#211 in 2025 · Latin
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About Anthony
How popular is the name Anthony?
In 2025 Anthony comes in at #46 nationally, holding steady. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Anthony?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “inestimable”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Anthony?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Antonio, Victoria and Emily, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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