Meaning and history
Short form of Anthony, the name Tony is borne by singer Tony Bennett (1926–2023) and skateboarder Tony Hawk (1968–), and it is also the given name of the comic book superhero Iron Man, Tony Stark, created in 1963, as well as the antihero criminals Tony Montana from Scarface (1983) and Tony Soprano from The Sopranos (1999–2007).
Tony rose from #809 to #784 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1961, with 8,306 births.