Tony is a very popular boys' name that peaked in 1961 and has since faded.
Tony is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #784 for boy births in the United States (and #1,601 across all names), given to 325 babies. Tony was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1961 (8,306 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 325 | 325 | — | #784 |
| 2024 | 313 | 313 | — | #809 |
| 2023 | 290 | 290 | — | #842 |
| 2022 | 379 | 379 | — | #699 |
| 2021 | 392 | 392 | — | #679 |
| 2020 | 427 | 427 | — | #630 |
| 2019 | 472 | 472 | #17,767 | #593 |
| 2018 | 476 | 476 | #17,933 | #583 |
| 2017 | 520 | 520 | — | #544 |
| 2016 | 567 | 567 | — | #522 |
| 2015 | 581 | 586 | — | #500 |
| 2014 | 666 | 666 | — | #448 |
| 2013 | 664 | 664 | — | #435 |
| 2012 | 653 | 653 | — | #428 |
| 2011 | 691 | 691 | — | #409 |
| 2010 | 756 | 756 | #19,624 | #383 |
| 2009 | 805 | 810 | — | #378 |
| 2008 | 891 | 891 | #20,255 | #354 |
| 2007 | 1,012 | 1,012 | #11,560 | #320 |
| 2006 | 991 | 991 | #16,994 | #328 |
| 2005 | 1,037 | 1,042 | #14,415 | #318 |
| 2004 | 967 | 967 | #12,692 | #321 |
| 2003 | 1,012 | 1,012 | #9,015 | #302 |
| 2002 | 1,072 | 1,081 | — | #281 |
| 2001 | 1,035 | 1,040 | #10,061 | #291 |
| 2000 | 1,093 | 1,093 | #13,059 | #283 |
| 1999 | 1,139 | 1,139 | #16,758 | #266 |
| 1998 | 1,187 | 1,187 | #9,234 | #255 |
| 1997 | 1,258 | — | #8,984 | #242 |
| 1996 | 1,327 | — | #7,546 | #229 |
| 1995 | 1,567 | — | #8,045 | #196 |
| 1994 | 1,647 | — | #5,011 | #190 |
| 1993 | 1,896 | — | #4,382 | #171 |
| 1992 | 1,945 | — | #5,466 | #163 |
| 1991 | 2,124 | — | #4,642 | #155 |
| 1990 | 2,208 | — | #4,114 | #147 |
| 1989 | 2,322 | — | #4,519 | #132 |
| 1988 | 2,264 | — | #4,301 | #133 |
| 1987 | 2,333 | — | #2,489 | #123 |
| 1986 | 2,392 | — | #3,050 | #120 |
| 1985 | 2,556 | — | #3,003 | #114 |
| 1984 | 2,476 | — | #2,622 | #112 |
| 1983 | 2,398 | — | #2,133 | #119 |
| 1982 | 2,645 | — | #2,762 | #112 |
| 1981 | 2,684 | — | #2,719 | #111 |
| 1980 | 2,765 | — | #2,532 | #108 |
| 1979 | 2,689 | — | #2,245 | #104 |
| 1978 | 2,831 | — | #1,726 | #97 |
| 1977 | 2,988 | — | #1,972 | #92 |
| 1976 | 3,133 | — | #1,549 | #86 |
| 1975 | 3,376 | — | #1,755 | #80 |
| 1974 | 3,280 | — | #1,530 | #81 |
| 1973 | 3,408 | — | #1,568 | #78 |
| 1972 | 4,053 | — | #1,722 | #68 |
| 1971 | 4,960 | — | #1,465 | #62 |
| 1970 | 5,558 | — | #1,353 | #57 |
| 1969 | 5,587 | — | #1,369 | #54 |
| 1968 | 5,944 | — | #1,345 | #52 |
| 1967 | 6,286 | — | #1,358 | #50 |
| 1966 | 6,630 | — | #1,446 | #49 |
| 1965 | 6,882 | — | #1,349 | #48 |
| 1964 | 7,251 | — | #1,589 | #50 |
| 1963 | 7,933 | — | #1,545 | #52 |
| 1962 | 8,244 | — | #1,670 | #52 |
| 1961 | 8,368 | — | #1,425 | #53 |
| 1960 | 8,058 | — | #1,442 | #52 |
| 1959 | 7,630 | — | #1,325 | #53 |
| 1958 | 6,993 | — | #1,577 | #57 |
| 1957 | 5,909 | — | #1,489 | #71 |
| 1956 | 4,693 | — | #2,318 | #85 |
| 1955 | 3,789 | — | #1,730 | #93 |
| 1954 | 3,382 | — | #1,870 | #105 |
| 1953 | 2,795 | — | #2,171 | #117 |
| 1952 | 2,204 | — | #2,496 | #133 |
| 1951 | 1,946 | — | #2,800 | #141 |
| 1950 | 1,777 | — | #2,247 | #149 |
| 1949 | 2,008 | — | #2,064 | #139 |
| 1948 | 2,290 | — | #2,181 | #125 |
| 1947 | 2,305 | — | #1,985 | #126 |
| 1946 | 1,992 | — | #2,147 | #129 |
| 1945 | 1,662 | — | #1,791 | #129 |
| 1944 | 1,513 | — | #2,022 | #143 |
| 1943 | 1,478 | — | #1,831 | #145 |
| 1942 | 1,428 | — | #1,975 | #145 |
| 1941 | 1,252 | — | #1,535 | #145 |
| 1940 | 1,249 | — | #2,099 | #142 |
| 1939 | 1,198 | — | #1,633 | #140 |
| 1938 | 1,069 | — | #2,917 | #153 |
| 1937 | 940 | — | #1,906 | #160 |
| 1936 | 917 | — | #1,501 | #160 |
| 1935 | 910 | — | #1,415 | #162 |
| 1934 | 860 | — | #1,830 | #168 |
| 1933 | 825 | — | #2,146 | #171 |
| 1932 | 875 | — | #1,871 | #170 |
| 1931 | 829 | — | #2,198 | #170 |
| 1930 | 940 | — | #1,495 | #163 |
| 1929 | 898 | — | #1,639 | #165 |
| 1928 | 985 | — | #1,464 | #160 |
| 1927 | 1,067 | — | #1,402 | #153 |
| 1926 | 1,034 | — | #1,876 | #157 |
| 1925 | 1,003 | — | #1,698 | #158 |
| 1924 | 1,059 | — | #1,764 | #156 |
| 1923 | 1,054 | — | #1,553 | #150 |
| 1922 | 1,168 | — | #1,893 | #137 |
| 1921 | 1,218 | — | #1,918 | #134 |
| 1920 | 1,169 | — | #1,809 | #136 |
| 1919 | 1,107 | — | #3,201 | #136 |
| 1918 | 1,171 | — | #3,824 | #135 |
| 1917 | 1,124 | — | #2,541 | #131 |
| 1916 | 1,069 | — | #2,234 | #132 |
| 1915 | 1,023 | — | #3,764 | #130 |
| 1914 | 739 | — | #3,571 | #138 |
| 1913 | 513 | — | #3,656 | #147 |
| 1912 | 400 | — | #2,943 | #153 |
| 1911 | 207 | — | — | #162 |
| 1910 | 212 | — | — | #151 |
| 1909 | 155 | — | — | #160 |
| 1908 | 142 | — | — | #163 |
| 1907 | 147 | — | #1,628 | #160 |
| 1906 | 96 | — | — | #189 |
| 1905 | 86 | — | — | #204 |
| 1904 | 87 | — | — | #200 |
| 1903 | 84 | — | #1,772 | #200 |
| 1902 | 74 | — | — | #208 |
| 1901 | 62 | — | — | #221 |
| 1900 | 101 | — | — | #194 |
| 1899 | 42 | — | — | #265 |
| 1898 | 56 | — | #1,950 | #247 |
| 1897 | 54 | — | — | #237 |
| 1896 | 56 | — | — | #245 |
| 1895 | 43 | — | — | #271 |
| 1894 | 48 | — | — | #252 |
| 1893 | 42 | — | — | #271 |
| 1892 | 47 | — | — | #264 |
| 1891 | 53 | — | — | #222 |
| 1890 | 44 | — | #1,515 | #278 |
| 1889 | 51 | — | #1,264 | #243 |
| 1888 | 57 | — | — | #233 |
| 1887 | 40 | — | — | #253 |
| 1886 | 29 | — | — | #319 |
| 1885 | 33 | — | — | #295 |
| 1884 | 41 | — | — | #268 |
| 1883 | 32 | — | — | #293 |
| 1882 | 46 | — | — | #255 |
| 1881 | 36 | — | — | #267 |
| 1880 | 42 | — | — | #261 |