Antoni is a distinctive choice, ranked #519 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Antoni in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#519
About the Name Antoni
Antoni has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 276 places in five years. It was most popular in 2017 at #188 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Antoni is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Antoni
Unlikely. With around 75 UK babies named Antoni per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Antoni in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Antoni has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 276 places in the last five years. Its peak was #188 in 2017. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Antoni is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Antoni include: Antoni Cimolino — Antoni Cimolino is a Canadian actor and director.; Antoni Milambo — Antoni-Djibu Milambo is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Premier League club Brentford.; Antoni Cerdan — Antoni Cerdan is a Catalan painter and sculptor..
Antoni does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Antonis in the wild.
75
UK babies named Antoni (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 276 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Antoni
Likely around 1 other Antoni in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Antoni
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Antoni Cerdan is a Catalan painter and sculptor. Cerdan studied drawing and painting with Domènec Fita, an artist from Girona, and later at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts.
Antoni de Montserrat was a Catalan Jesuit trained in Portugal who in 1574 was assigned to the mission of the Portuguese colony of Goa, in Portuguese India, from where he would travel for the most part of Central Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. This traveler and scholar recorded his travels in four manuscripts, of which only two are preserved, the Mongolicae Legationis Commentarius, in Latin, and Relaçam do Equebar, rei dos mogoras, in Portuguese, referring to his stay in the court of the great mogul Akbar.
Janine Antoni is a Bahamian–born American artist, who creates contemporary work in performance art, sculpture, and photography. Antoni's work focuses on process and the transitions between the making and finished product, often portraying feminist ideals.
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, including his main work, the Sagrada Família church.