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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: rare

TonyIn Hebrew: טוני · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Tony (Hebrew: טוני) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 1,231 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1972, with 31 babies.

People in Israel
1,231
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1972
31 babies
USA, 2025
325
rank #783

Writing and saying Tony

In Hebrew letters the name is טוני, read right to left. Tony is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Tony by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Tony: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Tony in English-speaking countries

Tony in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025325#7831961 (8,306)
United Kingdom202518#1,5391997 (195)
England and Wales202518#1,4671996 (204)
Ireland202510#3602002 (25)
Alberta20252#1,5711985 (23)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Tony has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Tony

How do you write Tony in Hebrew?

Tony is written טוני in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Tony?

1,231 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name טוני: 481 women and 750 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Tony a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 60.9% of the people named טוני are men.

Is Tony used outside Israel?

The name Tony appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 325 boys were given it in 2025 (#783), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 18 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.