Ansar — #5507 US boys' name
139 babies named Ansar in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Ansar was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Ansar in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ansar
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Ansar between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ansar currently holds the #5507 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ansar performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ansar shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ansar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ansar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 139 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ansar at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ansar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2024)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #5507 among boys.
139 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 17 births in a single year.
Ansar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 48 births that decade — 35% of Ansar's all-time total
Ansar decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ansar's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Ansar by state
Where Ansar concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 3.6% |
5 of 139 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.