Boy
Tony
As a boy's name, Tony traces back to Latin, where it is understood to mean "Priceless". It has not kept pace since its 1960s peak. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. The registry counts around 250,483 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
LatinDiminutive of Anthony
LatinPriceless
Births by decade
1900s
1,034
1910s
7,565
1920s
10,656
1930s
9,361
1940s
17,176
1950s
41,118
1960s
71,184
1970s
36,297
1980s
24,823
1990s
16,290
2000s
9,905
2010s
5,074
Peaked in the 1960s · 250,483 total U.S. births since 1900