Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anthony

#15 most common boys' name of all time · #18 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#15
Rank overall
#18 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,495,156
Since 2016
73,654
Peak year
1990 #15
Best rank
#7 2007
Girls Boys peak 25,188/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Anthony is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 5,967 5,977 #46
2024 6,353 6,353 #44
2023 9 6,277 6,286 #46
2022 7 6,607 6,614 #44
2021 5 6,792 6,797 #43
2020 9 7,037 7,046 #41
2019 6 7,725 7,731 #38
2018 5 8,048 8,053 #38
2017 9 8,877 8,886 #33
2016 11 9,900 9,911 #30
2015 13 10,664 10,677 #25
2014 18 11,613 11,631 #21
2013 15 12,295 12,310 #19
2012 15 13,228 13,243 #15
2011 24 14,290 14,314 #11
2010 27 15,511 15,538 #10
2009 26 16,327 16,353 #11
2008 28 18,417 18,445 #7
2007 30 19,639 19,669 #7
2006 26 19,413 19,439 #9
2005 27 19,387 19,414 #8
2004 56 19,613 19,669 #11
2003 38 20,149 20,187 #10
2002 45 19,590 19,635 #12
2001 40 19,737 19,777 #11
2000 52 19,656 19,708 #17
1999 55 19,472 19,527 #18
1998 51 19,634 19,685 #19
1997 41 20,034 20,075 #18
1996 67 20,508 20,575 #19
1995 87 20,482 20,569 #19
1994 90 21,604 21,694 #18
1993 94 21,788 21,882 #19
1992 81 23,174 23,255 #19
1991 87 24,447 24,534 #18
1990 100 25,088 25,188 #15
1989 124 24,423 24,547 #16
1988 178 23,644 23,822 #18
1987 213 23,127 23,340 #17
1986 198 21,956 22,154 #19
1985 199 22,104 22,303 #20
1984 158 20,956 21,114 #21
1983 164 19,830 19,994 #22
1982 135 19,648 19,783 #21
1981 132 18,569 18,701 #23
1980 161 17,604 17,765 #24
1979 154 17,513 17,667 #21
1978 150 16,808 16,958 #20
1977 146 16,804 16,950 #21
1976 140 16,601 16,741 #22
1975 136 16,489 16,625 #21
1974 126 16,391 16,517 #21
1973 145 16,414 16,559 #21
1972 134 17,454 17,588 #22
1971 137 19,223 19,360 #23
1970 143 21,176 21,319 #22
1969 158 20,904 21,062 #20
1968 137 20,231 20,368 #21
1967 157 20,887 21,044 #21
1966 172 20,624 20,796 #22
1965 111 20,326 20,437 #22
1964 121 20,126 20,247 #21
1963 111 20,250 20,361 #22
1962 104 20,103 20,207 #24
1961 122 20,209 20,331 #25
1960 97 19,499 19,596 #25
1959 82 17,972 18,054 #26
1958 82 17,430 17,512 #27
1957 66 17,057 17,123 #27
1956 67 15,565 15,632 #30
1955 57 14,170 14,227 #31
1954 58 13,124 13,182 #32
1953 35 11,693 11,728 #32
1952 42 11,188 11,230 #34
1951 33 9,836 9,869 #34
1950 23 8,612 8,635 #36
1949 20 8,452 8,472 #36
1948 23 7,878 7,901 #41
1947 23 8,014 8,037 #41
1946 25 6,771 6,796 #44
1945 10 5,686 5,696 #46
1944 14 5,604 5,618 #46
1943 22 6,202 6,224 #44
1942 23 6,210 6,233 #44
1941 19 5,239 5,258 #46
1940 19 4,769 4,788 #46
1939 27 4,610 4,637 #48
1938 16 4,689 4,705 #46
1937 24 4,339 4,363 #47
1936 16 3,978 3,994 #48
1935 25 3,909 3,934 #52
1934 17 3,840 3,857 #52
1933 26 3,974 4,000 #46
1932 34 4,223 4,257 #45
1931 39 4,310 4,349 #46
1930 30 4,674 4,704 #44
1929 49 4,733 4,782 #44
1928 31 4,719 4,750 #44
1927 31 4,917 4,948 #43
1926 34 5,058 5,092 #42
1925 25 5,041 5,066 #39
1924 20 5,191 5,211 #39
1923 26 5,121 5,147 #39
1922 24 5,091 5,115 #39
1921 23 5,239 5,262 #40
1920 32 4,944 4,976 #43
1919 24 4,737 4,761 #41
1918 19 5,168 5,187 #39
1917 19 5,027 5,046 #38
1916 16 4,749 4,765 #37
1915 24 4,722 4,746 #36
1914 14 3,695 3,709 #37
1913 8 2,781 2,789 #38
1912 8 2,480 2,488 #37
1911 7 1,288 1,295 #35
1910 6 980 986 #37
1909 758 758 #40
1908 690 690 #41
1907 593 593 #46
1906 542 542 #44
1905 490 490 #48
1904 422 422 #56
1903 399 399 #54
1902 420 420 #54
1901 5 323 328 #62
1900 406 406 #67
1899 291 291 #64
1898 325 325 #65
1897 249 249 #76
1896 5 276 281 #73
1895 221 221 #86
1894 257 257 #77
1893 220 220 #82
1892 255 255 #78
1891 170 170 #96
1890 189 189 #91
1889 219 219 #80
1888 193 193 #94
1887 153 153 #98
1886 174 174 #93
1885 153 153 #95
1884 179 179 #89
1883 143 143 #92
1882 139 139 #106
1881 128 128 #100
1880 130 130 #103