Girls' name · since 1998
Anwen
188 babies named Anwen in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,481 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anwen is the #10481 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 188 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Anwen recorded 188 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #10481 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #20,441 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,481 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 188 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anwen ranks #20,441 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,481 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 188 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,481 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anwen's 188 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Anwen compares
188 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Anwen's all-time total is 50% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anwen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 188 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anwen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anwen's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anwen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Anwen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (81 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Anwen's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Anwen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 81 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Anwen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (81 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anwen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Anwen 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.