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Baby name
Anthony
Boy
Origin of the name
Anthony comes from the Latin Antonius, the name of a great Roman family whose original meaning is not known. It is the English form of the French Antoine.
Classic name
1,488,042births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 15rank at its peak, in 1990
Where babies named Anthony are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Anthony is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Anthony is most common in New Jersey (1.8 times), Rhode Island (1.7) and Nevada (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Names from the same era
Joshua · Andrew · Benjamin · Jonathan · Justin · Brandon
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