Antony

maleStatistical record

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

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

Antony: Recorded since 1960, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #56 in 1964, and it stood at #968 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
65years from first to last
#56highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Antony's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#158
1997	#186
1998	#229
1999	#214
2000	#252
2001	#237
2002	#310
2003	#267
2004	#298
2005	#376
2006	#342
2007	#384
2008	#405
2009	#427
2010	#523
2011	#486
2012	#592
2013	#479
2014	#485
2015	#640
2016	#691
2017	#709
2018	#711
2019	#813
2020	#745
2021	#1004
2022	#1011
2023	#874
2024	#968

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 48 years from 1975 to 2022.

In 2022: #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1011 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1960–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1960
First recorded at #74 among boys in New Zealand in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1960–1975
Highest recorded position: #56 among boys in New Zealand, in 1964 (recorded 1960–1975).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #968 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Antony appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 2,431 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1960.

Antony across 4 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.

Antony'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 · Boys	#321 (1975)	#288 (1980)	#779 (2022)	9 of 48	31 (1975–2022)	5 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#158 (1996)	#158 (1996)	#968 (2024)	29 of 29	2,431 (1996–2024)	217 (1996)
New Zealand · Boys	#74 (1960)	#56 (1964)	#94 (1975)	16 of 16	1,594 (1960–1975)	136 (1964)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#272 (1998)	#390 (2009)	3 of 12	9 (1998–2009)	3 (1998)

Antony by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Antony in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	666	4 of 10	167
2000sbusiest	995	10 of 10	100
2010s	601	10 of 10	60
2020s	169	5 of 10	34

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 100 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births fell by 45, from 217 to 172.

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

Antony 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 5 regions, from 1960 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #56 in New Zealand in 1964.

Antony'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	male	#968	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#874	36	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1011	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1004	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#745	43	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#813	38	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#711	48	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#709	49	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#691	50	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#640	54	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#485	81	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#479	80	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#592	59	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#486	75	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#523	67	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#427	89	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#405	91	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#384	94	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#342	102	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#376	83	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#298	100	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#267	113	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#310	86	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#237	124	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#252	113	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#214	144	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#229	133	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#186	172	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#158	217	High	Verified
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	60	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New Zealand	male	#94	66	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#87	76	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#89	79	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#85	86	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#65	112	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#63	108	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#58	127	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#75	107	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#67	114	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#66	111	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#63	116	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#56	136	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#81	86	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#85	80	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#76	100	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#74	90	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 5 registrars between 1960 and 2024, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #56, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 217 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1960, and 38 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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Antonio · #85, 72y
Anu · #635, 11y
Anum · #789, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Crystal · #55, 43y
Lea · #55, 50y
Tegan · #55, 42y
Kian · #54, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Bendik · #56, 58y
Gabriella · #57, 46y
Kamilla · #57, 56y
Killian · #55, 62y

Antony was ranked #56 in New Zealand · Boys in 1964. 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.

Antony 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 Antony without appearing here.

Antony moved ahead of

Darren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1011 and #993 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #874 and #1272.
Craig Compare
In 2012 they stood at #592 and #577 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #479 and #771.
Gregory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #709 and #673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #711 and #887.
Ross Compare
In 2017 they stood at #709 and #701 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #711 and #777.

Moved ahead of Antony

Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #745 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1004 and #433.
Tom Compare
In 2004 they stood at #288 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #448 and #79.
Jacob Compare
In 2004 they stood at #288 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #448 and #109.
Jordan Compare
In 2004 they stood at #288 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #448 and #147.

Moved the opposite way to Antony

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Antony went from #158 to #968 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Antony went from #158 to #968 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Antony went from #158 to #968 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Antony went from #158 to #968 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Antony

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Antony went from #158 to #968 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Antony went from #158 to #968 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Antony went from #158 to #968 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Antony went from #158 to #968 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 5 regions, from 1960 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #56 in New Zealand in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Antony

Antony at a glance

What stands out in Antony's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Antony across 4 official records

Antony by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Antony appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Antony at a glance

What stands out in Antony's record

Antony across 4 official records

Antony by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Antony 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 Antony

Antony and the names beside it

Antony moved ahead of

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