Anatoly

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⭐ Famous Anatoly

Anatoly Fomenko

Russian mathematician

Choose Anatoly and your child shares a first name with Anatoly Fomenko, a Russian mathematician. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Anatoly, like who?” Anatoly Fomenko's Wikipedia article is available in 43 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 212,766 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Anatoly, 8 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Anatoly would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAnatoly first shows up in US birth records in 1998, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 27 years since.
• 🏆Best yearAnatoly is at its all-time high right now: #8,910 in 2025.
• 💬MeaningIn Russian, Anatoly means “sunrise, the east”. Our records link it to Greek and Slavic roots.

About the name Anatoly

Anatoly is a boy name of Greek and Slavic origin meaning “sunrise, the east”. It has 7 letters and 4 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-oly”. US birth records list Anatoly for boys from 1998 to 2025, in 7 of those 28 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #8,910 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #8,910, with 8 babies.

Origin:Greek namesSlavic names