first name
TONY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 191,115 people named Tony, 50.7% reported their origin as White, 20.8% as Black and 14.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tony peaked in 1961, when 8,368 babies got the name.
At least 254,483 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.
Tony by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #111. The largest share of babies named Tony, 35.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Tony is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tony has been most common in New Mexico (2.4×), North Carolina (2×), and Tennessee (1.8×), and least common in Vermont (0.12×).
247,619 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 Tony
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tony, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tony ranks #23,682 of 156,621, with 1,105 people. See Tony as a last name
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