How rare is the name Anwar?

4,874 people in the United States have the first name Anwar, about 1 in 61,968. It ranks #3,992 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANWAR

#3,992

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,874
About
1 in 61,968
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,874 people named Anwar, 32.6% reported their origin as White, 30.4% as Black and 25.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 87% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anwar peaked in 1978, when 144 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
1978
Births that year
144
In 2025*
38 ▼74%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,864 babies have been given the name since 1969. 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.

Anwar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,601. The largest share of babies named Anwar, 33.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#3,025487
1980s#2,601754
1990s#4,898408
2000s#5,101543
2010s#6,161441
2020s#6,824225
Generation X 1965–8019.7%
Millennials 1981–9633.8%
Generation Z 1997–1228.5%
2013 and later18.1%

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 Anwar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anwar has been most common in Minnesota (3.6×), New York (3.2×), and Pennsylvania (2.8×), and least common in Ohio (0.66×).

1,140 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 Anwar

1 other first name also has 4,874 people.

#3,992 Randa · 4,874

Either side of Anwar

#3,990 Kennith · 4,876#3,991 Daysi · 4,875#3,992 Randa · 4,874#3,994 Yuliya · 4,873

Spelled almost the same

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

#19,442 Anuar · 544#23,303 Anar · 421#28,490 Anmar · 315#30,234 Anwer · 289#31,941 Anwara · 266#42,346 Anwaar · 170

Also a last name

As a last name, Anwar ranks #7,966 of 156,621, with 3,988 people. See Anwar as a last name

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