I'd considered that; offhand I could only think of two Anthonys I knew my age, one of which was born in
France so he wouldn't have made a blip on the American naming scene anyway. I've always lived in lower-middle to middle class predominantly white rural areas, so it would make sense, then, if I hadn't seen it too much, if it's most popular in another demographic.
My closest experience with
Anthony having any kind of noticeable popularity (and
Raymond, for that matter) is that it tended to be used in my family more for the kids from the 50's or 60's. So I tended to pigeonhole it into the '40-60 year old men of Italian American descent' sort of category. Seems like everyone I know with Italian background has an Uncle
Ray or an Uncle
Tony. :-)