Girls' name · peaked in 1996
Antonia name popularity since 1925
31,868 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Antonia (92.0% girls, 8.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1977 or earlier, so the typical Antonia is about 49 years old in 2026. Antonia peaked in 1996 as the #395 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 31,868
- Named Antonia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,279 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 92.0% girls
- 29,325 girls · 2,543 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 4.77× its national share
Peak year is the year Antonia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Antonia births per year, 1925–2025
1996 was the biggest year for Antonia both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1991 and 1996, Antonia became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 6,070 baby girls to 1 in 2,620.
- Steepest fall: Between 2001 and 2006, its share of baby girls fell by 41%, from 1 in 4,350 to 1 in 7,400.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Antonia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Antonia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Antonia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,534 | 50 | – |
| 1930s | 2,220 | 61 | #443 |
| 1940s | 2,715 | 33 | #446 |
| 1950s | 3,183 | 155 | #512 |
| 1960s | 2,539 | 475 | #572 |
| 1970s | 2,850 | 883 | #617 |
| 1980s | 3,354 | 590 | #566 |
| 1990s | 4,126 | 195 | #543 |
| 2000s | 3,184 | 83 | #832 |
| 2010s | 2,387 | 18 | #1,020 |
| 2020–25 | 1,233 | 0 | #1,279 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
20.1% of babies named Antonia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Antonia is most popular
The index compares Antonia'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 Antonia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 4.77× | 680 |
| Texas | 2.45× | 4,953 |
| Arizona | 2.27× | 761 |
| New York | 1.72× | 3,360 |
| California | 1.63× | 4,445 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Antonia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Antonia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Antonia (1996).
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