Anothony
A masculine name of Latin origin meaning "highly praiseworthy" or "priceless one".
Name Census estimates that about 305 living Americans carry the first name Anothony. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Anothony today is around 54 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Anothony births was 1961 (18 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Anothony. 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.
People living today
305
~ 1 in 1,123,785 Americans
Peak year
1961
18 babies that year
Average age
54
years old
2004 SSA rank
#8,980
Tracked since 1955
Census
Anothony in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 593 people with the first name Anothony, which placed it at #18,232 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
#18,232
National first-name rank
People counted
593
593 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
41.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Anothony
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Anothony is White at 41.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (29.3%) and Black (22.4%). 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 Anothony 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 Anothony at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White41.8% · 248
- Hispanic or Latino29.3% · 174
- Black or African American22.4% · 133
- Two or more races3.5% · 21
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.7% · 10
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.2% · 7
Popularity
Anothony: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Anothony from the 1950s through to the 2000s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1960s, with 123 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1960s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Anothony 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 Anothony 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 Anothony
The name Anothony has its origins in the Latin language, deriving from the Roman family name Antonius. The name is believed to have emerged in the 1st century BC, during the time of the Roman Republic.
Anothony is thought to be a variant spelling of the more common name Anthony, which traces its roots back to the ancient Roman name Antonius. The Antonii were a prominent patrician family in Rome, and the name is derived from the Latin word "antonius," meaning "priceless" or "invaluable."
One of the earliest and most famous historical figures associated with this name was Marcus Antonius, a Roman politician and general who lived from 83 BC to 30 BC. He was a member of the Second Triumvirate, alongside Octavian and Lepidus, and played a significant role in the Roman civil wars that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar.
In the early Christian era, the name Anothony gained popularity due to its association with St. Antony the Great, also known as St. Anthony of Egypt or St. Anthony the Abbot. He was a prominent leader in the Christian monastic tradition and is regarded as the founder of Christian monasticism. St. Antony lived from around 251 AD to 356 AD.
Another notable historical figure with the name Anothony was Antony of Padua, a Portuguese Catholic priest and Franciscan friar who lived from 1195 to 1231. He was renowned for his powerful preaching and his devotion to the poor. Antony of Padua is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and is known as the patron saint of lost items.
In the realm of literature, the name Anothony is associated with the character Antony in William Shakespeare's famous play "Antony and Cleopatra." The play, written in the early 17th century, dramatizes the love affair between the Roman general Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
Other notable historical figures named Anothony include Antony Bek, an English prince and Bishop of Durham who lived from around 1245 to 1311, and Antony van Dyck, a Flemish painter who lived from 1599 to 1641 and is renowned for his portraiture.
People
Anothony + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Anothony as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Anothony: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Anothony?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 305 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Anothony 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 1,123,785 US residents.
Is Anothony a common name?
We classify Anothony as "Very Rare". It ranks above 79.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 344 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Anothony most popular?
The single biggest year for Anothony was 1961, when 18 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Anothony is about 54 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Anothony in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 593 people with the name Anothony, or 0.20 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #18,232 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 Anothony 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 Anothony?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Anothony appears almost entirely male. Of the 588 people counted with this name, 100.0% 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 Anothony?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Anothony is White at 41.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (29.3%) and Black (22.4%). 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 Anothony most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Anothony in the 2020 Census, accounting for 41.8% (248 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 Anothony in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Anothony a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Anothony 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 Anothony still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Anothony 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 Anothony 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 common is the name Anothony?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.