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

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Peak · boys
#697
1978 · 144 births
Debut · boys
1969
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,761
since 1969

Anwar over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Anwar has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #697, 1978boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,12838
2024—#2,87344
2023—#3,17738
2022—#3,00341
2021—#4,11825
2020#13,4536#3,34433
2019—#2,55651
2018—#3,24035
2017—#3,44032
2016—#2,78343
2015#14,4826#2,76643
2014—#3,29733
2013#14,5826#2,62345
2012#13,4837#3,17935
2011—#2,31755
2010—#2,46750
2009#10,67910#2,45152
2008#17,5045#2,75344
2007—#2,81142
2006#15,1526#2,31054
2005—#1,63583
2004—#2,34448
2003—#2,34945
2002—#2,09251
2001—#2,11749
2000#11,8017#2,13647
1999—#2,19942
1998—#2,50734
1997#9,0179#2,16440
1996#9,5818#1,93346
1995#11,7836#3,02023
1994#9,5868#2,50230
1993—#1,93342
1992—#2,21434
1991—#1,91940
1990—#1,73046
1989—#1,67846
1988—#1,55347
1987—#1,65541
1986—#1,64539
1985#10,6775#1,37150
1984—#95186
1983#10,2755#95685
1982—#741140
1981—#730140
1980#6,7899#1,16661
1979—#91492
1978—#697144
1977—#1,12160
1976—#1,21051
1975—#1,32243
1974—#1,47135
1973—#2,12419
1972—#1,87123
1971—#2,46415
1970—#4,7245
1969—#3,9356
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First appearance
1969

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.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1978 at #697 (144 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1981–1984
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,402
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Anwar (735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#3,935 (1969)#3,935
1970s487#697 (1978)#1,792
1980s735#730 (1981)#1,245
1990s377#1,730 (1990)#2,212
2000s515#1,635 (2005)#2,300
2010s422#2,317 (2011)#2,867
2020s219#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 1996

girls
#9,581
8 births · 1 in 219,126 girls
boys
#1,933
46 births · 1 in 41,180 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #9,581Anwar8

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,933Anwar46
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 219,126 of them was named Anwar, which outranked 39.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anwar
  1. #8,812Zola9
  2. #8,812Zuleica9
  3. #8,812Zykeria9
  4. #9,581Anwar8
  5. #9,581Aaliah8
  6. #9,581Aaminah8
  7. #9,581Abbygale8
  8. #10,567Aaliyha7
  9. #10,567Aarianna7
  10. #10,567Aarionna7

Tied with 985 names at #9,581; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 41,180 of them was named Anwar, which outranked 81.7% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anwar
  1. #1,908Tyjuan47
  2. #1,908Tzvi47
  3. #1,908Willy47
  4. #1,933Anwar46
  5. #1,933Ace46
  6. #1,933Akshay46
  7. #1,933Armond46
  8. #1,958Alexi45
  9. #1,958Arin45
  10. #1,958Avrohom45

Tied with 24 names at #1,933; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996 →