How rare is the name Antwon?

4,413 people in the United States have the first name Antwon, about 1 in 68,441. It ranks #4,302 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ANTWON

#4,302

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,413
About
1 in 68,441
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,413 people named Antwon, 89.5% reported their origin as Black, 4.9% as two or more races and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Antwon peaked in 1990, when 228 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19582025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
228
In 2025*
18 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,393 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.

Antwon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,558. The largest share of babies named Antwon, 42.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#5,730124
1970s#2,084898
1980s#1,5581,769
1990s#2,1401,419
2000s#2,8891,219
2010s#4,173781
2020s#7,971178
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–8017.9%
Millennials 1981–9642.5%
Generation Z 1997–1228.9%
2013 and later10.3%

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 Antwon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Antwon has been most common in Florida (4.1×), Georgia (3.5×), and Illinois (3.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.29×).

4,230 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 Antwon

2 other first names also have 4,413 people.

#4,302 Srinivas · 4,413#4,302 Yisroel · 4,413

Either side of Antwon

#4,300 Marykay · 4,417#4,301 Tayla · 4,414#4,302 Srinivas · 4,413#4,302 Yisroel · 4,413

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,634 Anton · 19,345#2,677 Antwan · 8,771#9,318 Antwone · 1,498#17,471 Anthon · 631#33,205 Antion · 250#34,047 Antwoin · 241#46,195 Antwion · 145

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