Anwen — #10649 US girls' name
179 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.
More common than 40% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Anwen was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Anwen in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anwen
The Social Security Administration has registered 179 babies named Anwen between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anwen currently holds the #10649 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anwen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Anwen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anwen 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 179 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.
Anwen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Anwen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #10649 among girls.
179 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 18 births in a single year.
Anwen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 81 births that decade — 45% of Anwen's all-time total
Anwen decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anwen's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1998–2024 (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.