Meaning and history
Anton is a form of Antonius, related to Anthony, used in several languages; Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a notable bearer.
20062006: 301 births, rank #718
2007: 252 births, rank #844
2008: 259 births, rank #840
2009: 205 births, rank #973
2010: 193 births, rank #1,012
20112011: 192 births, rank #1,008
2012: 204 births, rank #979
2013: 191 births, rank #1,020
2014: 241 births, rank #893
2015: 214 births, rank #966
20162016: 205 births, rank #993
2017: 207 births, rank #987
2018: 179 births, rank #1,094
2019: 172 births, rank #1,132
2020: 150 births, rank #1,240
20212021: 162 births, rank #1,198
2022: 133 births, rank #1,393
2023: 123 births, rank #1,465
2024: 122 births, rank #1,481
20252025: 132 births, rank #1,388
Anton rose from #993 to #987 for boys between 2016 and 2017. Its highest annual birth count came in 1915, with 357 births.