Antigone

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Antigone: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Antigone: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #2,407, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2407highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2407
2001	#2466
2002	#3409
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2007	#5201
2011	#3185
2012	#5876
2014	#5691
2015	#2945
2016	#3214
2018	#2499
2019	#4001
2020	#2615
2021	#3519
2022	#2673
2023	#2504
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2407 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2407 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Antigone by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Antigone in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	43	7 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Antigone appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2407 in England and Wales in 1998.

Antigone's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,407, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adila · #2407, 16y
Christelle · #2407, 17y
Derya · #2407, 20y
Finty · #2407, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adila · #2407, 16y
Bryana · #2407, 11y
Christelle · #2407, 17y
Derya · #2407, 20y

Antigone and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Antigone without appearing here.

Antigone moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Antigone

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #2040.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1785.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #2458.

Moved the same way as Antigone

Carol Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Antigone went from #2407 to #3519 and Carol from #1480 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Antigone went from #2407 to #3519 and Tyler from #219 to #5581.
Karin Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Antigone went from #2466 to #3519 and Karin from #1728 to #3192.
Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Antigone went from #5201 to #3015 and Blake from #5201 to #432.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2407 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Antigone

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Antigone by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Antigone by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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