How rare is the name Antoine?

21,025 people in the United States have the first name Antoine, about 1 in 14,365. It ranks #1,553 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANTOINE

#1,553

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,025
About
1 in 14,365
This common or more
75.6%
Who bears it

Of the 21,025 people named Antoine, 76.5% reported their origin as Black, 13.2% as White and 4.2% as two or more races. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Antoine peaked in 1985, when 840 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1985
Births that year
840
In 2025*
95 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 27,652 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Antoine by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #602. The largest share of babies named Antoine, 36.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#1,83542
1890s#2,19849
1900s#1,96397
1910s#2,440230
1920s#2,756285
1930s#3,030209
1940s#3,310209
1950s#2,286550
1960s#1,2801,890
1970s#6875,988
1980s#6027,752
1990s#1,0714,206
2000s#1,4173,358
2010s#2,1402,095
2020s#3,230692
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–272%
Silent Generation 1928–451.4%
Baby boom 1946–645.1%
Generation X 1965–8028.5%
Millennials 1981–9636.6%
Generation Z 1997–1218.8%
2013 and later7.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Antoine is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Antoine has been most common in District of Columbia (7.3×), Maryland (3.8×), and Louisiana (3.6×), and least common in Washington (0.12×).

24,200 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Also a last name

As a last name, Antoine ranks #3,367 of 156,621, with 10,401 people. See Antoine as a last name

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