How rare is the name Antoinette?

46,137 people in the United States have the first name Antoinette, about 1 in 6,546. It ranks #955 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANTOINETTE

#955

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
46,137
About
1 in 6,546
This common or more
69.4%
Who bears it

Of the 46,137 people named Antoinette, 51.3% reported their origin as White, 34.8% as Black and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Antoinette peaked in 1924, when 1,333 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1924
Births that year
1,333
In 2025*
55 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 78,789 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Antoinette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #308. The largest share of babies named Antoinette, 25%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#556431
1890s#462901
1900s#3391,969
1910s#3088,216
1920s#32611,590
1930s#4197,394
1940s#4448,244
1950s#5249,045
1960s#5249,958
1970s#6077,215
1980s#6626,946
1990s#1,0544,286
2000s#2,5331,478
2010s#4,264754
2020s#4,932362
Before 19011.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2725%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.7%
Baby boom 1946–6422.5%
Generation X 1965–8016.2%
Millennials 1981–9612.4%
Generation Z 1997–123.3%
2013 and later1.1%

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 Antoinette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Antoinette has been most common in New York (3.1×), District of Columbia (2.7×), and New Jersey (2.6×), and least common in Oregon (0.05×).

70,655 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.

Either side of Antoinette

#953 Emilio · 46,295#954 Mohamed · 46,254#956 Braxton · 46,070#957 Lacey · 46,058

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Antoinette, most common first.

#3,905 Antionette · 5,004#4,145 Antonette · 4,632#17,908 Antoniette · 608#18,536 Antonetta · 581#22,206 Antwanette · 450#26,105 Antoinetta · 359#28,083 Anntoinette · 322#29,280 Anthonette · 303

Also a last name

As a last name, Antoinette ranks #104,276 of 156,621, with 183 people. See Antoinette as a last name

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