Boys' name · since 1958
Antwan
Antwan has 12,517 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,061 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,617 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,517
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Antwan currently ranks #2617 among boys' names in America, with 12,517 babies recorded since 1958.
Antwan has 12,517 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2617 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of boys, 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 1958 to 2025.
- #1,061 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,617 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 12,517 born since 1958
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Antwan ranks #1,061 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,617 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 12,517 born since 1958, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,061 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,617 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,517
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Antwan's 12,517 recorded births place it above 97.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Antwan compares
12,517 Top 8% higher than 92% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Antwan's all-time total is 34x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Antwan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,517 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 403 | 34 | 22,252 |
Antwan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Antwan's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 403, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Antwan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 403
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Antwan popularity over time - girls
113 total births recorded since 1970 (Antwan as girls' name)
Antwan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (3,704 births, 30% of the file).
1980s was Antwan's strongest decade.
3,704 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Antwan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 200
1960s
200 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,197 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,704 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,478 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,199 births
- 2010s 1,358
2010s
1,358 births
- 2020s 375
2020s
375 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 3,704 births (30% of all-time use).
How Antwan 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 Antwan's total volume
Antwan by state
Where Antwan concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 1,598 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 980 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 941 | 7.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 775 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 756 | 6.0% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 707 | 5.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 536 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 473 | 3.8% |
1,598 of 12,517 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Antwan appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Antwan's data
- Antwan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (3,704 total births); usage has since declined to 375 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Antwans (1,598 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Antwan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Antwan 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.