Antony is a distinctive choice, ranked #1124 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Antony in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1124
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About the Name Antony
Antony has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 223 places in five years. It was most popular in 1996 at #158 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Antony is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Antony in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Antony
Ross Antony โ Ross Anthony Catterall, known by his stage name Ross Antony, is a British singer, entertainer and presenter based in Germany.
A. K. Antony โ Arackaparambil Kurien Antony is an Indian lawyer, attorney and statesman who was the longest serving Defence Minister of India from 2006 to 2014.
Antony Penrose โ Antony William Roland Penrose is a British photographer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Antony
Unlikely. With around 26 UK babies named Antony per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Antony in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Antony is declining: down 379 places since 2020, to #1,124 in 2025. It peaked at #158 in 1996.
Antony 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 Antony include: Ross Antony, A. K. Antony and Antony Penrose. Short summaries for each appear below.
Antony does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Antonys in the wild.
26
UK babies named Antony (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 379 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Antony
Almost certainly the only Antony in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Antony
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Antony Roy Clark is a South African schoolmaster and educationalist, formerly a first-class cricketer, currently Rector (headmaster) of Michaelhouse, KwaZulu-Natal.
Marcus Antonius (14 January 83 BC โ 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.
Alexey Alexeyevich Perovsky, known by his pen name Antony Pogorelsky (Russian: ะะฝัะพฬะฝะธะน ะะพะณะพัะตฬะปััะบะธะน), was a Russian prose writer.