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Anton

Boy's name · #1389 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Anton holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1389 in 2025). About 24,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#19 in Austria (2025) · #24 in Denmark (2025) · #29 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #47 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #92 in Norway (2025) · #158 in Sweden (2025) · #285 in Poland (2025) · #289 in Switzerland (2025) · #506 in France (2025) · #570 in Italy (2024) · #676 in Netherlands (2025) · #848 in Belgium (2025) and 10 more.

Famous Antons

• Anton Chekhov — Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
• Anton Bruckner — Austrian composer (1824–1896)
• Anton LaVey — Founder of the Church of Satan; author of the Satanic Bible (1930–1997)
• Anton Zeilinger — Austrian quantum physicist (born 1945)
• Anton Webern — Austrian composer and conductor (1883–1945)
• Anton Yelchin — American actor (1989–2016)
• Anton Drexler — German politician (1884–1942)
• Anton Denikin — Russian military and political leader (1872–1947)
• Anton Rubinstein — Russian pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1894)
• Anton Corbijn — Dutch film director, video director, and photographer (born 1955)

In stories & tradition

• Anton Chigurh — No Country for Old Men (book)
• Anton Wachter — Anton Wachter cycle (novel series)

What Antons become

Among 8,401 notable people named Anton:

Business leaders appear 1.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Anton Philips, Dutch industrialist (1874–1951).

Similar names: Antony · Cornelius · Hans · Emil · Theron · Alton

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