Anton
Anton is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin name Antonius, and used in various languages. Notable people and characters with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Anton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anton is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin name Antonius, and used in various languages. Notable people and characters with the name include:
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The Story of Anton
Anton first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 77 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 357 Antons were born — ranking #252 that year. As of 2026, Anton ranks #1,554 for baby boys with 112 births, falling sharply (-30%). In total, more than 24K Antons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Anton
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Anton of Schauenburg (died 1558), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
- Anton Çelebi (1604–1674), Armenian merchant magnate, Ottoman and Tuscan official
- Anton Çetta (1920–1995), Kosovar academic
- Anton I of Georgia , Catholicos–Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church (1744–1755 and 1764–1788)
- Anton II of Georgia (1762 or 1763–1827), King of Kartli and Kakheti, and Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia, canonized by the Georgian church in 2011
- Anton I, Prince Esterházy (1738–1794), a prince of Hungary
- Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1785–1854), chief minister in Magdeburg, governor of the Prussian Province of Saxony and Prussian Minister of State
- Prince Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1841–1866), German prince and soldier
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Names that sound like Anton
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About the name Anton
Anton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 24K births in the dataset. Anton's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #171. Use the chart and map above to compare Anton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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