Tony
- Pronunciation
- [To-ny]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Derived From Victoria Triumphant.
- Origin
- English
Tony Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,889 baby girls have been named Tony. The name peaked in 1970 with 78 US births that year (rank #1353).
Top States for Tony
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Tony births are: Texas (243), California (106), North Carolina (56).
Other English-Origin Names Like Tony
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4-Letter Names Starting with T
Names with Tony's exact length and starting letter: Tacy, Tadd, Tage, Tahu, Tait.
Quick Facts About Tony
US Popularity History (1955–2025)
Annual US births named Tony by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1961 with 8,301 boys named Tony (boy rank #53 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #784 for boys (325 US births). That's 731 places below its 1961 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Tony Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Tony the strongest states are Mississippi, Nevada, Arkansas.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #393 | 45 |
| 2 | Nevada | #472 | 33 |
| 3 | Arkansas | #472 | 41 |
| 4 | California | #521 | 581 |
| 5 | Georgia | #539 | 197 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #539 | 168 |
| 7 | Texas | #540 | 523 |
| 8 | Kansas | #571 | 18 |
| 9 | Alabama | #572 | 79 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #579 | 121 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | #944 | 37 |
| 2 | New York | #927 | 107 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #808 | 23 |
| 4 | Colorado | #766 | 33 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #759 | 42 |
| 6 | Minnesota | #734 | 20 |
| 7 | Virginia | #715 | 79 |
| 8 | Illinois | #671 | 141 |
| 9 | Michigan | #669 | 102 |
| 10 | Arizona | #665 | 88 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Tony in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony | Priceless | Male | Greek |
Famous People Named Tony
6 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Tony.
- Tony Benn was a famous British Labor Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 47 years.
- Tony Blair — World Leader (1953)
- Tony Dungy — Coach (1955)
- Tony Hawk — Skateboarder (1968)
- Tony Robbins — Self-Help Author (1960)
- Tony Tan is the current and seventh president of Singapore.
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Compare Tony to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Tony against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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