Antwan — #2559 US boys' name
12,466 babies named Antwan in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Antwan was born in this single decade.
403 babies were named Antwan in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Antwan
The Social Security Administration has registered 12,466 babies named Antwan between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Antwan currently holds the #2559 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 403 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Antwan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,704 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Antwan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 1,590 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Antwan in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Antwan 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 12,466 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.
Antwan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Antwan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1958
- Peak year (1980)
- 403
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
Currently ranks #2559 among boys.
12,466 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 403 births in a single year.
Antwan popularity over time — girls
113 total births recorded since 1970 (Antwan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Antwan accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Antwan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 3,704 births that decade — 30% of Antwan's all-time total
Antwan decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,704 births
- Runner-up 2,478 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Antwan's strongest decade
3,704 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Antwan by state
Where Antwan concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 1,590 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 973 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 941 | 7.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 775 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 748 | 6.0% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 707 | 5.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 536 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 473 | 3.8% |
1,590 of 12,466 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 12.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 7.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 7.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 6.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 12.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Antwan appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1958–2024 (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.