How rare is the name Antonia?

48,453 people in the United States have the first name Antonia, about 1 in 6,233. It ranks #926 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANTONIA

#926

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
48,453
About
1 in 6,233
This common or more
68.9%
Who bears it

Of the 48,453 people named Antonia, 64% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 22.1% as White and 9.8% as Black. 97% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Antonia peaked in 1996, when 678 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
678
In 2025*
175 ▼74%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 36,840 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.

Antonia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #661. The largest share of babies named Antonia, 17.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#707276
1890s#661456
1900s#679610
1910s#7142,035
1920s#6983,179
1930s#7892,281
1940s#8332,748
1950s#8933,338
1960s#9973,014
1970s#9123,733
1980s#9593,944
1990s#1,0464,321
2000s#1,4423,267
2010s#1,9362,405
2020s#2,1961,233
Before 19012.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2714%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.9%
Baby boom 1946–6416.6%
Generation X 1965–8015.4%
Millennials 1981–9617.4%
Generation Z 1997–1214.6%
2013 and later8%

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 Antonia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Antonia has been most common in New Mexico (6.4×), Texas (2.8×), and Arizona (2.7×), and least common in Kentucky (0.08×).

28,548 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, Antonia ranks #89,231 of 156,621, with 223 people. See Antonia as a last name

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