How rare is the name Antwan?

8,771 people in the United States have the first name Antwan, about 1 in 34,435. It ranks #2,677 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANTWAN

#2,677

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,771
About
1 in 34,435
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,771 people named Antwan, 88.5% reported their origin as Black, 4.5% as two or more races and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Antwan peaked in 1980, when 414 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19582025
Peak year
1980
Births that year
414
In 2025*
50 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,630 babies have been given the name since 1958. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Antwan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #982. The largest share of babies named Antwan, 40.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#14,0166
1960s#4,368200
1970s#1,2032,265
1980s#9823,749
1990s#1,4742,478
2000s#1,9242,199
2010s#2,8851,358
2020s#4,804375
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–8022.4%
Millennials 1981–9640.8%
Generation Z 1997–1226.9%
2013 and later9.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Antwan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Antwan has been most common in South Carolina (4.6×), Florida (4.4×), and District of Columbia (4.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.24×).

10,423 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Antwan

1 other first name also has 8,771 people.

#2,677 Marquita · 8,771

Either side of Antwan

#2,675 Cason · 8,783#2,676 Yessenia · 8,776#2,677 Marquita · 8,771#2,679 Hilario · 8,764

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Antwan, most common first.

#4,302 Antwon · 4,413#9,318 Antwain · 1,498#12,191 Antuan · 1,028#13,289 Antwaun · 913#18,431 Antwane · 585#18,554 Antwuan · 580#25,763 Antwann · 366#43,502 Antawan · 162

Also a last name

As a last name, Antwan ranks #134,631 of 156,621, with 130 people. See Antwan as a last name

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