Anntonette
A French feminine name derived from the masculine name "Antoine", meaning highly praiseworthy.
Name Census estimates that about 83 living Americans carry the first name Anntonette. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Anntonette today is around 48 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Anntonette births was 1970 (10 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Anntonette. 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.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Anntonette. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
83
~ 1 in 4,129,570 Americans
Peak year
1970
10 babies that year
Average age
48
years old
1996 SSA rank
#13,692
Tracked since 1962
Census
Anntonette in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 147 people with the first name Anntonette, which placed it at #45,869 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
#45,869
National first-name rank
People counted
147
147 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
44.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Anntonette
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Anntonette is Black at 44.9%. The next largest groups are White (30.6%) and Hispanic (12.9%). 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 Anntonette 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 Anntonette at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American44.9% · 66
- White30.6% · 45
- Hispanic or Latino12.9% · 19
- Two or more races8.2% · 12
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.4% · 5
Popularity
Anntonette: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Anntonette from the 1960s through to the 1990s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 32 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1980s peak, Anntonette remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Anntonette 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 Anntonette during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Anntonette
The name Anntonette has its origins in late 15th century France, deriving from the Late Latin name Antonia, which was a Roman family name. Antonia in turn stemmed from the male given name Antonius. The feminine form Antonia was later altered to Antoinette in French, eventually leading to variations like Anntonette.
The name's popularity coincided with the arrival of the French Renaissance in the early 16th century. Historical records show it was widely adopted among the French nobility during this period, as they sought to revive classical Roman names and culture. One of the earliest examples is Antoinette de Bourbon, born in 1493, a noblewoman from the House of Bourbon.
The name's roots can be traced back even further to ancient Rome, where it was likely derived from the ancient Roman clan name Antonii. This clan produced several notable historical figures, including the famed general and politician Mark Antony, who lived from 83-30 BC and was a key figure in the Roman Republic's transition to an empire.
As the French form Antoinette grew more widespread, it spawned additional spellings like Anntonette across Europe. One famous bearer was Queen Anntonette Desirée of Sweden, born in 1693, who reigned from 1719 until her death in 1743. Another was the Italian painter Anntonette Kaufmann, who lived from 1741 to 1807 and was renowned for her neoclassical works.
The name reached its peak popularity in France during the 18th century reign of Queen Marie Anntonette, born in 1755. Her tragic fate during the French Revolution made her an enduring historical figure. Other notable Anntonettes include the French novelist Anntonette Duc, born in 1868, and Anntonette Girickx, a Belgian resistance fighter during World War II born in 1900.
People
Anntonette + last name combinations
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FAQ
Anntonette: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Anntonette?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 83 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Anntonette 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 4,129,570 US residents.
Is Anntonette a common name?
We classify Anntonette as "Very Rare". It ranks above 61.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 92 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Anntonette most popular?
The single biggest year for Anntonette was 1970, when 10 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Anntonette is about 48 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Anntonette in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 147 people with the name Anntonette, or 0.05 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #45,869 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 Anntonette 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 Anntonette?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Anntonette appears almost entirely female. Of the 147 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. 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 Anntonette?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Anntonette is Black at 44.9%. The next largest groups are White (30.6%) and Hispanic (12.9%). 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 Anntonette most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Anntonette in the 2020 Census, accounting for 44.9% (66 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 Anntonette in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Anntonette a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Anntonette in the SSA data are female. 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 Anntonette still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Anntonette 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 Anntonette 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 are called Anntonette?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.