Holding steady.
Popularity of Antavion since 1999
Babies named Antavion per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 11 |
| 2000s | 90 |
| 2010s | 31 |
| 2020s | 5 |
Meaning & origin
Antavion is a modern American invention, first appearing on the U.S. Social Security Administration's records in 1999. It has never entered the top 1000 rankings, and its peak usage occurred in 2007. The name is part of a broader trend of invented names ending in -avion or -ion, such as Davion and Tavion, which gained traction in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Despite its recent coinage, Antavion has shown a stable trajectory, with a small but consistent number of births each year. It remains a distinctive choice, rarely heard outside the United States.
Antavion appears to be a modern American coinage, possibly formed by combining the prefix 'Ant-' (as in Anthony or Antoine) with the fashionable suffix '-avion' (reminiscent of names like Davion or Tavion). It has no known historical or linguistic antecedents and first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Ant, Tavion, Tony
Sibling names for Antavion
Names that share Antavion's style, for a brother or sister.
