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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 193,412 of them was named Anwar, which outranked 44.2% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,334Zarriah10
- #8,334Zerina10
- #8,334Zeynep10
- #9,017Anwar9
- #9,017Aaminah9
- #9,017Aarica9
- #9,017Abagael9
- #9,802Aaliayah8
- #9,802Aamina8
- #9,802Aaren8
Tied with 784 names at #9,017; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 47,129 of them was named Anwar, which outranked 80.0% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,126Traveon41
- #2,126Tyreke41
- #2,126Willy41
- #2,164Anwar40
- #2,164Ace40
- #2,164Aleksandr40
- #2,164Antwain40
- #2,201Ajani39
- #2,201Augustin39
- #2,201Baxter39
Tied with 36 names at #2,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.