Girl name#428 of girl names
Antoinette
Pronounced AE2 N T W AH0 N EH1 T (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1924
- 145 years in use
How popular is Antoinette?
Antoinette is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 78,732 children — the 428th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 40% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1924, when 1,333 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE2 N T W AH0 N EH1 T
- Stress pattern:
- 201
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Antoinette
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Antoinette
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Antoinette?
- Antoinette ranks 428th among girls' names in US records, with 78,732 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 636.
- Is Antoinette a unisex name?
- No. Antoinette is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Antoinette most popular?
- 1924, when 1,333 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.