Anwar — #2881 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anwar

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,723 babies named Anwar between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anwar currently holds the #2881 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 144 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anwar performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 735 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Anwar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 281 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Anwar in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anwar 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 2,723 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.