Antionio
Of Latin origin meaning "priceless" or "invaluable".
Name Census estimates that about 361 living Americans carry the first name Antionio. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Antionio today is around 43 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Antionio births was 1976 (18 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Antionio. 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
361
~ 1 in 949,458 Americans
Peak year
1976
18 babies that year
Average age
43
years old
2006 SSA rank
#12,164
Tracked since 1966
Census
Antionio in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 469 people with the first name Antionio, which placed it at #21,580 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
#21,580
National first-name rank
People counted
469
469 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
53.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Antionio
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Antionio is Hispanic at 53.3%. The next largest groups are Black (33.5%) and White (8.5%). 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 Antionio 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 Antionio at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino53.3% · 250
- Black or African American33.5% · 157
- White8.5% · 40
- Two or more races2.6% · 12
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.1% · 10
Popularity
Antionio: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Antionio from the 1960s through to the 2000s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 136 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1970s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Antionio 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 Antionio 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 Antionio
The given name Antionio has its origins in the ancient Latin language, with its roots dating back to the classical Roman era of the first century BCE. The name is derived from the Latin word "Antonius," which was a Roman family name or nomen. This nomen is believed to have originated from the Etruscan city of Antium, located near modern-day Rome.
One of the earliest and most famous bearers of the name Antonius was Marcus Antonius, a Roman politician and general who lived from 83-30 BCE. He was a key figure in the Roman Republic's transition to the Roman Empire, forming part of the Second Triumvirate alongside Octavian and Lepidus. Marcus Antonius played a significant role in the Roman Civil Wars and was famously involved in a romantic relationship with Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
The name Antonius gained widespread popularity during the early Christian era, particularly after the third century CE. Several early Christian saints bore this name, including Saint Anthony the Great (251-356 CE), an Egyptian monk and father of Christian monasticism, and Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231 CE), a Portuguese Franciscan friar and renowned preacher.
Throughout medieval Europe, the name Antionio, or its variants such as Antonio, Antoine, and Anton, remained popular, particularly in Italy, Spain, and France. Notable historical figures with this name include Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741 CE), the influential Italian Baroque composer and violinist; Antonio Canova (1757-1822 CE), a renowned Neoclassical Italian sculptor; and Antonio Salieri (1750-1825 CE), an Italian classical composer and contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
In the realm of exploration and discovery, Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491-c. 1534 CE) was an Italian scholar and navigator who accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on the first circumnavigation of the globe. His detailed account of the voyage, known as the "Relazione del Primo Viaggio Intorno al Mondo," is a valuable historical document.
Other notable figures throughout history who bore the name Antionio include Antonio Banderas (born 1960), the celebrated Spanish actor; Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926 CE), the influential Spanish architect and a leading figure of Catalan Modernism; and Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741 CE), the Venetian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist.
People
Antionio + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Antionio as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Antionio: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Antionio?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 361 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Antionio 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 949,458 US residents.
Is Antionio a common name?
We classify Antionio as "Very Rare". It ranks above 81.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 381 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Antionio most popular?
The single biggest year for Antionio was 1976, when 18 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Antionio is about 43 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Antionio in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 469 people with the name Antionio, or 0.16 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #21,580 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 Antionio 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 Antionio?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Antionio leans strongly male. 466 people counted with this name were male (98.9%), compared with 5 female bearers (1.1%). 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 Antionio?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Antionio is Hispanic at 53.3%. The next largest groups are Black (33.5%) and White (8.5%). 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 Antionio most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Antionio in the 2020 Census, accounting for 53.3% (250 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 Antionio in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Antionio a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Antionio 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 Antionio still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Antionio 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 Antionio 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 Antionio?
See how many people share the name Antionio on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.