Boys' name · since 1970
Antawn
Antawn has 592 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,124 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 592
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
592 boys have been named Antawn since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Antawn has 592 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2016.
- #7,124 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 592 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antawn ranks #7,124 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 592 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,124 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 592
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Antawn's 592 recorded births place it above 84.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Antawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Antawn's full recorded timeline at 1993, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Antawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2016
- Peak year (1998)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Antawn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (198 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Antawn's strongest decade.
198 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Antawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
142 births
- 1980s
1980s
198 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 198 births (33% of all-time use).
How Antawn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Antawn's total volume
Antawn by state
Where Antawn concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
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What to do with Antawn's data
- Antawn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (198 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Antawns (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Antawn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Antawn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.