Antonio
A masculine name of Latin origin meaning "invaluable" or "priceless".
Name Census estimates that about 231,225 living Americans carry the first name Antonio. It sits at #180 in the overall ranking, outside the top 50 but still well-represented. It is a predominantly male name (99.2% of registrations). The average person named Antonio today is around 35 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Antonio births was 1997 (5,089 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Antonio. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Antonio with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Although Antonio is used almost entirely for boys, the SSA data does show 1,975 girls registered with the name since 1880.
People living today
231K
~ 1 in 1,482 Americans
Peak year
1997
5,089 babies that year
Average age
35
years old
2024 SSA rank
#180
Tracked since 1880
Census
Antonio in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 289,179 people with the first name Antonio, which placed it at #180 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#180
National first-name rank
People counted
289K
289,179 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
95.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
63.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Antonio
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Antonio is Hispanic at 63.9%. The next largest groups are Black (19.0%) and White (12.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Antonio described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Antonio at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino63.9% · 184,804
- Black or African American19.0% · 54,837
- White12.5% · 36,286
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.6% · 7,519
- Two or more races1.6% · 4,639
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 1,094
Gender
Gender distribution for Antonio
Out of the 262,883 babies given the name Antonio since 1880, 99.2% were registered as male. The name sits firmly on the male side of the spectrum, with only a handful of female registrations across the entire dataset.
Antonio as a male name
- Ranked #180 in 2024
- 2,047 male births in 2024
- Peak: 1997 (5,069 births)
Antonio as a female name
- Ranked #15,921 in 2018
- 5 female births in 2018
- Peak: 1986 (61 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Antonio appears almost entirely male. Of the 289,178 people counted with this name, 99.6% were male and only a very small share were female.
Popularity
Antonio: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Antonio from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 15 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 46,791 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Antonio by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Antonio during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Antonios live
The SSA's state-level files cover 50 states and territories. California, Texas, New York recorded the most babies named Antonio, while North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 5,142 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Antonio
The name Antonio has its origins in ancient Rome, derived from the Latin name Antonius. It is a cognomen or family name that became a praenomen or personal name over time. The root of the name is thought to be derived from the Oscan or Etruscan word "anto" meaning "inestimable" or "invaluable".
In the 1st century BC, the name was made famous by the Roman politician and general Mark Antony, a contemporary of Julius Caesar and a member of the Second Triumvirate. His full name was Marcus Antonius. The name continued to be used in various forms throughout the Roman Empire and into the Middle Ages.
As Christianity spread across Europe, the name Antonio became associated with various saints and religious figures. One of the earliest recorded examples is Saint Anthony the Great, also known as Anthony of Egypt or Anthony the Abbot, who lived from around 251 to 356 AD and is considered the founder of Christian monasticism.
Another notable bearer of the name was Antonio of Padua, a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar born in 1195. He was canonized as a saint in 1232 and is venerated as the patron saint of lost things. His feast day is celebrated on June 13th.
During the Renaissance period, the name gained further popularity, particularly in Italy. Antonio Vivaldi, the famous Italian Baroque composer, was born in 1678 and is known for his iconic work "The Four Seasons" among other compositions.
In the world of literature, Antonio is the name of one of the main characters in William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest", believed to have been written in 1610-1611. The character is the brother of Prospero, the play's protagonist.
Other notable figures throughout history who bore the name Antonio include Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), the renowned Italian luthier and craftsman of string instruments; Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926), the Spanish architect known for his unique and whimsical style; and Antonio Machado (1875-1939), a famous Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Antonio
People
Antonio + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Antonio as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Antonio: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Antonio?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 231,225 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Antonio going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,482 US residents.
Is Antonio a common name?
We classify Antonio as "Common". It ranks above 99.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 262,883 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Antonio most popular?
The single biggest year for Antonio was 1997, when 5,089 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Antonio is about 35 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Antonio in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 289,179 people with the name Antonio, or 95.75 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #180 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Antonio in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Antonio?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Antonio appears almost entirely male. Of the 289,178 people counted with this name, 99.6% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Antonio?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Antonio is Hispanic at 63.9%. The next largest groups are Black (19.0%) and White (12.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Antonio most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Antonio in the 2020 Census, accounting for 63.9% (184,804 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Antonio in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Antonio a male name?
Yes, 99.2% of people registered as Antonio in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Antonio still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Antonio in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Antonio can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Antonio?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.