Antawan — boys' name
198 babies named Antawan in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
198 boys have been named Antawan since 1973, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2010.
- 198
- total births
- 1973–2010
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 28%
- born in that decade
28% of everyone ever named Antawan was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Antawan in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Antawan
The Social Security Administration has registered 198 babies named Antawan between 1973 and 2010, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Antawan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Antawan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Antawan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Antawan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Antawan 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 198 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.
Antawan at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Antawan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1973
- Peak year (1982)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
198 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 15 births in a single year.
Antawan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 55 births that decade — 28% of Antawan's all-time total
Antawan decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Antawan's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Antawan by state
Where Antawan concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 198 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 2.5% 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, 1973–2010 (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.