Boys' name · peaked in 1976
Antoine name popularity since 1925
27,093 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Antoine (1.3% girls, 98.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1985 or earlier, so the typical Antoine is about 41 years old in 2026. Antoine peaked in 1976 as the #271 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,093
- Named Antoine, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,708 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.7% boys
- 364 girls · 26,729 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 7.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Antoine made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Antoine births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1985. Measured as a share of all babies, Antoine peaked in 1976.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Antoine became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 8,990 baby boys to 1 in 3,090.
- Steepest fall: Between 1990 and 1995, its share of baby boys fell by 49%, from 1 in 3,160 to 1 in 6,220.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Antoine's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Antoine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Antoine in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 144 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 209 | #1,356 |
| 1940s | 5 | 204 | #1,447 |
| 1950s | 0 | 550 | #1,372 |
| 1960s | 35 | 1,855 | #602 |
| 1970s | 160 | 5,828 | #304 |
| 1980s | 127 | 7,625 | #262 |
| 1990s | 37 | 4,169 | #584 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3,358 | #610 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,095 | #998 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 692 | #1,708 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.4% of babies named Antoine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Antoine is most popular
The index compares Antoine's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Antoine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 7.14× | 797 |
| Maryland | 3.81× | 1,408 |
| Louisiana | 3.16× | 1,374 |
| Virginia | 2.37× | 1,296 |
| Illinois | 2.11× | 2,491 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Antoine and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine (this page) | 26,729 | 1976 |
| Antione | 4,831 | 1975 |
| Antone | 4,181 | 1891 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Antoine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Antoine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Antoine (1976).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data