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Ante

AHN-teh /ˈɑn.te/ Croatian

At a glance

In short
Ante is a strong and distinctive male name originating from Croatia.
U.S. rank 2025
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2022 (#12,330)
Babies in 2022
5 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#2,716 in 1973
First recorded
1971

Meaning of Ante

Originating from Croatia, the name Ante is a male name with a strong and distinctive sound. A variation of this name is Anto. In terms of popularity, the name Ante has had varying levels of usage in the United States. In recent years, it has been given to a small number of newborns, ranking around 10,000th in popularity. However, it's worth noting that popularity can fluctuate greatly from year to year. Despite its relatively low usage in America, Ante carries a rich cultural heritage and associations with resilience and strength.

How to pronounce Ante

Croatian

Popularity of Ante in the U.S.

Ante was last recorded in the U.S. in 2022, ranked #12,330 with 5 babies. It peaked at #2,716 in 1973. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Bar and line chart: Ante in the U.S., 1971–2022. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 15 in 1979 and 5 in 2022. Line: rank among boy names, peak #2,716 in 1973, #12,330 in 2022.
  • Boys named Ante (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1971–2022. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1971⁠–⁠2022 30 rows
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2022512,330back
2016610,744back
2013512,136▲ 138
2012512,274back
2009512,491▼ 4,793
2008107,698back
200597,640▲ 3,716
2004511,356▼ 462
2003510,894back
2001510,556▼ 207
2000510,349back
199495,868▲ 1,770
199367,638back
199176,519▲ 1,598
199058,117▼ 2,502
198985,615▼ 829
198894,786back
198694,457▼ 124
198594,333▲ 640
198474,973▲ 511
198365,484back
198174,961▼ 21
198074,940▼ 2,043
1979152,897back
197765,123▼ 705
197674,418back
197493,558▼ 842
1973132,716▲ 2,270
197254,986▼ 611
197164,375new

Notable people named Ante

  • Ante Gotovina is a retired Croatian general known for leading Operation Storm and later being acquitted of war crimes charges.
  • Ante Starcevic was a Croatian politician and writer known as the Father of the Nation for championing Croatian independence.
  • Ante Markovic was a politician, businessman and engineer who served as Yugoslavia's last prime minister from 1989 to 1991.
  • Ante Erceg is a Croatian footballer who plays as a forward for Gorica.
  • Ante Budimir is a Bosnia-born Croatian footballer who plays as a striker for Osasuna and the Croatia national team.
More people named Ante 10 more
  • Ante Tomic is a Croatian basketball player and three-time All-EuroLeague selection who plays center for Joventut Badalona.
  • Ante Toni Zizic is a Croatian basketball player drafted by the Boston Celtics who reached the 2018 NBA Finals with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  • Ante Grgin is a Croatian clarinetist and composer.
  • Ante Vokic was a Croatian politician, general and Ustase member who served as armed forces minister in 1944.
  • Ante Zivkovic is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Posusje.
  • Ante Razov is an American soccer coach and former national team forward who ranks among Major League Soccer's leading goal scorers.
  • Ante Bakotic was a Croatian Partisan who sparked the 1945 breakout from Jasenovac concentration camp by calling his comrades forward.
  • Ante Kostelic is a Croatian coach and former handball player best known for guiding his children, Janica and Ivica, to Olympic skiing titles.
  • Ante Dabro is a Croatian-born Australian sculptor and art teacher based in Canberra since the late 1960s.
  • Ante Nazor is a Croatian basketball coach and youth program manager at Omis Cagalj Tours.