Anwen

Peak · girls
2004 · 18 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
188
since 1998

Anwen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Anwen has never cracked the top 6,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #6,489, 2004girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#10,2719
2023#12,1977
2022#12,2437
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2019#15,5395
2018#15,6825
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2016#14,3316
2015#8,93112
2014#14,5586
2013#9,03612
2012#10,42910
2011#12,1538
2010#14,9596
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2008#11,5999
2007#9,53912
2006#8,71513
2005#13,0107
2004#6,48918
2003#11,3258
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2000#15,0315
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five girls were named Anwen! It came in at #14,122, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1998–2000, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Anwen is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Anwen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Anwen
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 164 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,107)
  • 1,176 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #10,107)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2004 at #6,489 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 102,014
  • Highest: 1 in 102,014 girls born in 2004 were named Anwen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 43.1% of all girls named Anwen (81) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s5#14,122 (1998)#14,122
2000s81#6,489 (2004)#10,726
2010s70#8,931 (2015)#12,846
2020s32#10,107 (2025)#11,205

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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