Antwan
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #9,825 · #2,604 for boys in 2025, 50 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 396 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,517since 1958
Antwan over time
Rank among boys' names. Antwan has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,604 | 50 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,527 | 53 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,441 | 55 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,325 | 61 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,853 | 83 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,962 | 73 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,737 | 90 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,565 | 107 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,554 | 105 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,532 | 109 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,481 | 112 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,296 | 137 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,162 | 155 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,249 | 141 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,050 | 180 | |
| 2010 | — | #910 | 222 | |
| 2009 | — | #920 | 225 | |
| 2008 | — | #882 | 238 | |
| 2007 | — | #853 | 247 | |
| 2006 | — | #827 | 246 | |
| 2005 | — | #849 | 216 | |
| 2004 | — | #917 | 185 | |
| 2003 | — | #861 | 200 | |
| 2002 | — | #939 | 171 | |
| 2001 | — | #772 | 223 | |
| 2000 | — | #705 | 248 | |
| 1999 | — | #742 | 218 | |
| 1998 | — | #722 | 228 | |
| 1997 | — | #735 | 208 | |
| 1996 | — | #727 | 211 | |
| 1995 | — | #769 | 194 | |
| 1994 | — | #694 | 225 | |
| 1993 | — | #686 | 225 | |
| 1992 | — | #610 | 285 | |
| 1991 | — | #553 | 339 | |
| 1990 | — | #534 | 345 | |
| 1989 | — | #495 | 373 | |
| 1988 | — | #488 | 355 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #473 | 353 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #459 | 364 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #450 | 363 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #434 | 373 |
| 1983 | — | #429 | 364 | |
| 1982 | — | #417 | 401 | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #439 | 355 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #404 | 403 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #399 | 396 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #448 | 316 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #475 | 288 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #472 | 278 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #529 | 230 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #572 | 197 |
| 1973 | — | #571 | 193 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #692 | 134 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #857 | 91 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #926 | 74 |
| 1969 | — | #1,110 | 49 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,314 | 34 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,580 | 24 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Antwan! It came in at #3,559, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1959, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Antwan is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#143 · 1 in 697
- South Carolina#182 · 1 in 974
- Virginia#227 · 1 in 1,779
- Florida#238 · 1 in 1,546
- North Carolina#243 · 1 in 1,770
Best ever in a state: #89 in District of Columbia, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #143 | 11 | 1 in 697 |
| South Carolina | #182 | 21 | 1 in 974 |
| Virginia | #227 | 18 | 1 in 1,779 |
| Florida | #238 | 33 | 1 in 1,546 |
| North Carolina | #243 | 21 | 1 in 1,770 |
| Ohio | #250 | 28 | 1 in 2,752 |
| Maryland | #261 | 8 | 1 in 2,668 |
| Georgia | #272 | 18 | 1 in 2,098 |
| Connecticut | #274 | 6 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Illinois | #279 | 34 | 1 in 2,335 |
| Kentucky | #284 | 8 | 1 in 3,413 |
| Tennessee | #301 | 11 | 1 in 2,903 |
| Indiana | #329 | 10 | 1 in 3,930 |
| Michigan | #371 | 13 | 1 in 4,942 |
| Alabama | #416 | 6 | 1 in 4,300 |
| Missouri | #421 | 6 | 1 in 5,827 |
| New Jersey | #428 | 8 | 1 in 5,173 |
| New York | #667 | 11 | 1 in 10,023 |
| California | #806 | 12 | 1 in 14,077 |
| Texas | #815 | 9 | 1 in 12,791 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Antwan
- 77 spots since 2024 (#2,527 → #2,604)
- 642 spots since 2020 (#1,962 → #2,604)
- 1,123 spots since 2015 (#1,481 → #2,604)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1970 (#1,110 → #926)
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 2002 (#772 → #939)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1979 at #399 (396 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1970–2010
- Highest: 1 in 4,347 boys born in 1979 were named Antwan (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,162 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 29.6% of all boys named Antwan (3,704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #3,559 (1958) | #3,559 |
| 1960s | 200 | #1,110 (1969) | #2,106 |
| 1970s | 2,197 | #399 (1979) | #594 |
| 1980s | 3,704 | #404 (1980) | #449 |
| 1990s | 2,478 | #534 (1990) | #677 |
| 2000s | 2,199 | #705 (2000) | #853 |
| 2010s | 1,358 | #910 (2010) | #1,354 |
| 2020s | 375 | #1,853 (2021) | #2,285 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Antwan in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 153,186 of them was named Antwan, which outranked 48.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,563Yaisa11
- #5,563Yaminah11
- #5,563Zipporah11
- #5,958Antwan10
- #5,958Aaryn10
- #5,958Abraham10
- #5,958Adora10
- #6,385Abagail9
- #6,385Adenike9
- #6,385Aditi9
Tied with 426 names at #5,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,196 of them was named Antwan, which outranked 93.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).