Antonio

What Antonio means

Same root as Anthony, meaning “flower”

Doublet of Anthony || From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)).

Source: Wiktionary, “Antonio” (revision 93950387) and “Anthony” (revision 94534491), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Antonio?

US: Falling: down from #152 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #416 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1997, when 5,069 boys got the name (#75 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 830 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,941 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (4.62 per 1,000 boys), RI (3.52 per 1,000 boys), NV (2.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Antonio is #176 in the US and #563 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Antonio were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Antonie7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Antonio

Boys

• Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Ricardo#380Same root as Richard, meaning “king, ruler + hard, brave”^*
• Ernesto#878Spanish form of Ernest, meaning “vigor, strife”^*
• Jorge#322Same root as George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025

For a sister

• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Antonio’s. Rank is US 2025.