Anton is an established variant of Antonio that peaked in 1915 and has grown less common since.
Anton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,389 for boy births in the United States (and #2,929 across all names), given to 132 babies. Anton first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1915 (357 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,389 |
| 2024 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,481 |
| 2023 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,466 |
| 2022 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,394 |
| 2021 | 162 | 162 | — | #1,198 |
| 2020 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,240 |
| 2019 | 172 | 172 | — | #1,132 |
| 2018 | 179 | 179 | — | #1,095 |
| 2017 | 207 | 207 | — | #987 |
| 2016 | 205 | 205 | — | #993 |
| 2015 | 214 | 214 | — | #967 |
| 2014 | 241 | 241 | — | #893 |
| 2013 | 191 | 191 | — | #1,020 |
| 2012 | 204 | 204 | — | #979 |
| 2011 | 192 | 192 | — | #1,009 |
| 2010 | 193 | 193 | — | #1,012 |
| 2009 | 205 | 205 | — | #973 |
| 2008 | 259 | 259 | — | #840 |
| 2007 | 252 | 252 | — | #844 |
| 2006 | 301 | 301 | — | #718 |
| 2005 | 268 | 268 | — | #749 |
| 2004 | 244 | 244 | — | #754 |
| 2003 | 252 | 252 | — | #726 |
| 2002 | 290 | 290 | — | #651 |
| 2001 | 258 | 258 | — | #696 |
| 2000 | 251 | 251 | — | #701 |
| 1999 | 252 | 252 | — | #671 |
| 1998 | 253 | 253 | — | #673 |
| 1997 | 220 | — | — | #717 |
| 1996 | 217 | — | — | #722 |
| 1995 | 332 | — | — | #562 |
| 1994 | 317 | — | — | #582 |
| 1993 | 195 | — | — | #748 |
| 1992 | 224 | — | — | #692 |
| 1991 | 232 | — | — | #663 |
| 1990 | 277 | — | — | #602 |
| 1989 | 219 | — | — | #674 |
| 1988 | 232 | — | — | #620 |
| 1987 | 216 | — | — | #618 |
| 1986 | 225 | — | #7,792 | #604 |
| 1985 | 226 | — | — | #581 |
| 1984 | 227 | — | — | #565 |
| 1983 | 273 | — | #10,367 | #513 |
| 1982 | 242 | — | — | #556 |
| 1981 | 234 | — | — | #558 |
| 1980 | 286 | — | — | #498 |
| 1979 | 303 | — | — | #472 |
| 1978 | 190 | — | — | #604 |
| 1977 | 176 | — | — | #639 |
| 1976 | 189 | — | — | #591 |
| 1975 | 236 | — | — | #524 |
| 1974 | 180 | — | — | #596 |
| 1973 | 208 | — | #6,116 | #562 |
| 1972 | 212 | — | — | #546 |
| 1971 | 194 | — | — | #592 |
| 1970 | 209 | — | — | #559 |
| 1969 | 214 | — | — | #537 |
| 1968 | 184 | — | — | #559 |
| 1967 | 182 | — | — | #552 |
| 1966 | 125 | — | — | #660 |
| 1965 | 113 | — | — | #697 |
| 1964 | 152 | — | — | #629 |
| 1963 | 158 | — | — | #620 |
| 1962 | 139 | — | — | #657 |
| 1961 | 117 | — | — | #708 |
| 1960 | 152 | — | — | #631 |
| 1959 | 142 | — | — | #644 |
| 1958 | 127 | — | — | #675 |
| 1957 | 135 | — | — | #659 |
| 1956 | 123 | — | — | #679 |
| 1955 | 148 | — | — | #608 |
| 1954 | 121 | — | — | #659 |
| 1953 | 108 | — | — | #686 |
| 1952 | 134 | — | — | #608 |
| 1951 | 123 | — | — | #635 |
| 1950 | 123 | — | — | #621 |
| 1949 | 108 | — | — | #661 |
| 1948 | 92 | — | — | #697 |
| 1947 | 120 | — | — | #624 |
| 1946 | 117 | — | — | #593 |
| 1945 | 113 | — | — | #568 |
| 1944 | 119 | — | — | #554 |
| 1943 | 129 | — | — | #557 |
| 1942 | 106 | — | — | #612 |
| 1941 | 117 | — | — | #553 |
| 1940 | 106 | — | — | #576 |
| 1939 | 106 | — | — | #556 |
| 1938 | 133 | — | — | #506 |
| 1937 | 124 | — | — | #517 |
| 1936 | 107 | — | — | #553 |
| 1935 | 104 | — | — | #566 |
| 1934 | 112 | — | — | #557 |
| 1933 | 139 | — | — | #477 |
| 1932 | 137 | — | — | #490 |
| 1931 | 151 | — | — | #459 |
| 1930 | 145 | — | — | #494 |
| 1929 | 155 | — | — | #472 |
| 1928 | 163 | — | — | #479 |
| 1927 | 165 | — | — | #471 |
| 1926 | 192 | — | — | #436 |
| 1925 | 183 | — | — | #444 |
| 1924 | 202 | — | — | #430 |
| 1923 | 223 | — | — | #399 |
| 1922 | 245 | — | — | #385 |
| 1921 | 261 | — | — | #375 |
| 1920 | 260 | — | — | #372 |
| 1919 | 326 | — | — | #303 |
| 1918 | 314 | — | — | #321 |
| 1917 | 343 | — | — | #277 |
| 1916 | 334 | — | — | #279 |
| 1915 | 357 | — | — | #252 |
| 1914 | 286 | — | — | #255 |
| 1913 | 216 | — | — | #259 |
| 1912 | 159 | — | — | #283 |
| 1911 | 77 | — | — | #305 |
| 1910 | 74 | — | — | #283 |
| 1909 | 61 | — | — | #289 |
| 1908 | 63 | — | — | #269 |
| 1907 | 52 | — | — | #294 |
| 1906 | 44 | — | — | #309 |
| 1905 | 55 | — | — | #266 |
| 1904 | 45 | — | — | #286 |
| 1903 | 56 | — | — | #249 |
| 1902 | 53 | — | — | #254 |
| 1901 | 50 | — | — | #244 |
| 1900 | 58 | — | — | #269 |
| 1899 | 52 | — | — | #231 |
| 1898 | 51 | — | — | #245 |
| 1897 | 43 | — | — | #272 |
| 1896 | 46 | — | — | #265 |
| 1895 | 63 | — | — | #218 |
| 1894 | 64 | — | — | #209 |
| 1893 | 75 | — | — | #193 |
| 1892 | 71 | — | — | #205 |
| 1891 | 51 | — | — | #223 |
| 1890 | 73 | — | — | #183 |
| 1889 | 74 | — | — | #182 |
| 1888 | 72 | — | — | #204 |
| 1887 | 67 | — | — | #185 |
| 1886 | 62 | — | — | #213 |
| 1885 | 74 | — | — | #176 |
| 1884 | 64 | — | — | #206 |
| 1883 | 63 | — | — | #185 |
| 1882 | 64 | — | — | #200 |
| 1881 | 57 | — | — | #197 |
| 1880 | 77 | — | — | #171 |