Antoinette

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Antoinette: Recorded since 1964, it reached #87 in 1968, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#87highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#783
1997	#1287
1998	#1571
1999	#1970
2000	#969
2001	#1870
2002	#2868
2003	#1628
2004	#3725
2005	#2084
2006	#2781
2007	#2627
2008	#3860
2009	#3936
2010	#2235
2011	#2893
2012	#4171
2013	#3160
2014	#2862
2015	#2945
2016	#4096
2018	#5666
2021	#5581
2023	#5687

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 42 years from 1964 to 2005.

In 2005: #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2084 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #95 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2005
Highest recorded position: #87 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1964–2005).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Antoinette appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,540 births with the name.

Antoinette across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Antoinette's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#95 (1964)	#87 (1968)	#689 (2005)	39 of 42	1,540 (1964–2005)	93 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#783 (1996)	#783 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	24 of 28	210 (1996–2023)	29 (1996)

Antoinette by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Antoinette in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	434	6 of 10	72
1970s	672	10 of 10	67
1980s	323	10 of 10	32
1990s	96	9 of 10	11
2000s	15	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 72 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Antoinette appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #87 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Antoinette'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#969	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#783	29	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	13	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	18	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	18	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	18	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	26	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	33	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	24	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	36	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	40	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	46	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	36	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	46	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	51	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	63	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	60	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	66	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	53	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	56	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	70	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	81	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	93	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	79	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#88	86	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	78	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	75	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	60	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	70	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	65	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2023, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #87, first reached in 1968.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 93 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Muireann · #87, 61y
Fintan · #85, 61y
Dearbhla · #90, 57y
Finbar · #90, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Anastasia · #87, 62y
Chris · #87, 59y
Muireann · #87, 61y
Felicity · #88, 51y

Antoinette was ranked #87 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Antoinette 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 Antoinette without appearing here.

Antoinette moved ahead of

Rita Compare
In 2001 they stood at #363 and #304 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #443 and #512.

Moved ahead of Antoinette

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1977.
Finley Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4096 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4096 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1628 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1535.

Moved the opposite way to Antoinette

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Antoinette went from #95 to #689 while Aisling went from #154 to #31.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Antoinette went from #95 to #689 while Alexandra went from #222 to #81.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Antoinette went from #95 to #689 while Charlotte went from #171 to #67.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Antoinette went from #95 to #689 while Ciara went from #146 to #6.

Moved the same way as Antoinette

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Antoinette went from #95 to #689 and Ada from #372 to #689.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Antoinette went from #95 to #689 and Audrey from #85 to #461.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Antoinette went from #95 to #689 and Deirdre from #14 to #398.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Antoinette went from #95 to #689 and Eileen from #17 to #347.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #87 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Antoinette

Antoinette at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Antoinette across 2 official records

Antoinette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Antoinette appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Antoinette and the names beside it

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Antoinette at a glance

Antoinette across 2 official records

Antoinette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Antoinette appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Antoinette

Antoinette and the names beside it

Antoinette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Antoinette

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