Anwar
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 96.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 144 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,761since 1969
Anwar over time
Rank among boys' names. Anwar has never cracked the top 600 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 | — | #3,128 | 38 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,873 | 44 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,003 | 41 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2019 | — | #2,556 | 51 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,240 | 35 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,440 | 32 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,783 | 43 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #2,766 | 43 |
| 2014 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #2,623 | 45 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #3,179 | 35 |
| 2011 | — | #2,317 | 55 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,467 | 50 | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #2,451 | 52 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #2,310 | 54 |
| 2005 | — | #1,635 | 83 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,344 | 48 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,349 | 45 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,092 | 51 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,117 | 49 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | — | #2,199 | 42 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,507 | 34 | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #2,164 | 40 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #1,933 | 46 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | — | #1,933 | 42 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,214 | 34 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,919 | 40 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,730 | 46 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,678 | 46 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,553 | 47 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,655 | 41 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,645 | 39 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,371 | 50 |
| 1984 | — | #951 | 86 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #956 | 85 |
| 1982 | — | #741 | 140 | |
| 1981 | — | #730 | 140 | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1979 | — | #914 | 92 | |
| 1978 | — | #697 | 144 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,121 | 60 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,210 | 51 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Anwar! It came in at #3,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Anwar is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#667 · 1 in 4,669
- Pennsylvania#1,003 · 1 in 9,959
- New York#1,761 · 1 in 20,496
Best ever in a state: #216 in District of Columbia, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #667 | 6 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 9,959 |
| New York | #1,761 | 5 | 1 in 20,496 |
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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 Anwar
- 255 spots since 2024 (#2,873 → #3,128)
- 216 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #3,128)
- 362 spots since 2015 (#2,766 → #3,128)
- Biggest jump: 436 spots in 1981 (#1,166 → #730)
- Biggest drop: 420 spots in 1985 (#951 → #1,371)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1978 at #697 (144 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1981–1984
- Highest: 1 in 11,402 boys born in 1978 were named Anwar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.6% of all boys named Anwar (735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,935 (1969) | #3,935 |
| 1970s | 487 | #697 (1978) | #1,792 |
| 1980s | 735 | #730 (1981) | #1,245 |
| 1990s | 377 | #1,730 (1990) | #2,212 |
| 2000s | 515 | #1,635 (2005) | #2,300 |
| 2010s | 422 | #2,317 (2011) | #2,867 |
| 2020s | 219 | #2,873 (2024) | #3,274 |
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.
Anwar in 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 292,458 of them was named Anwar, which outranked 24.4% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #13,150Zyara7
- #13,150Zyia7
- #13,150Zykira7
- #14,582Anwar6
- #14,582Aadi6
- #14,582Aaditri6
- #14,582Aadvika6
- #16,547Aadrika5
- #16,547Aahna5
- #16,547Aalanah5
Tied with 1,964 names at #14,582; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 42,035 of them was named Anwar, which outranked 81.4% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,594Tavian46
- #2,594Vidal46
- #2,594Yeray46
- #2,623Anwar45
- #2,623Adalberto45
- #2,623Advaith45
- #2,623Aman45
- #2,668Amadou44
- #2,668Arien44
- #2,668Arik44
Tied with 44 names at #2,623; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.