Anto
Meaning
"it did not meet him," in Twi; traditionally given to a child born after the father's death
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Anto has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
133 people · the #33,771 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 46
Among people named Anto living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Anto deep dive
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