Antje

Girls' name

Diminutive of Anna

Antje has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 1968. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1968, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Antje, 1982

1 in 702,000

Antje over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Antje: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Anna

Dutch and West Frisian

What Antje means

Antje is a diminutive of Anna.

Origin, language, and formation

Antje is used in German. Its origins include Dutch and West Frisian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Anna.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Antje is pronounced /ˈʔantjə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Antje between 1968 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1968; its best national rank was #5,170 in 1968.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Antje?

Antje had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1982, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1982: 1 in 702,000; 5 of 3,507,638 births
Among girls only: 1 in 339,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1982: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 486,263 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Antje sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1982 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 486,263 children born in 1982 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Antje. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Antjes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Antje was born before 1971 — so the typical Antje is around 54 today.

Median birth year: 1971; About 54 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 44.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 44.4% of all recorded uses (8).

Is Antje rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1968 (8)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,170; 1968

Spellings of Antje

Antje is not the most common spelling — Annie is, with 46.4% against Antje's <0.01%.

Annie46.4%360,253
Anne41.9%325,128
Angie8.5%65,665
Artie0.82%6,399
Andie0.71%5,532
Anja0.36%2,797
Anette0.35%2,728
Andre0.28%2,205

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Antje around the world

Where Antje ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1943–1943
#1,073
in 1943
South Australia
1952–1991
#669
in 1991

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Antje by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,170; 1968
Peak year: 1968; 8 that year
First recorded: 1968
Last recorded: 1982
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Antje

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Anton Anthem Antalya Anta Antea Antina Antone Antaja Antoya Anthia Antanay Antria Antonie Anthym Antara Antiqua Antoni Antona Antrea Antwon Antrina Antonay Antheia Antanae

Sibling names for Antje

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nichelle Brigette Josette Shelli Shannan Cami Missy Marnie

For a brother

Kraig Kelley Stacey Thad Tracey Jacques Deron Judd

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