Anwar
Anwar was the 3129th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 38 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 697th with 144 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 359 places. More babies were named Anwar in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,129 boys, up 223 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 38boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1978144 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,864babies recorded
Anwar popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 103 since 1980.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,129 | 38 |
| 2020 | #3,352 | 33 |
| 2010 | #2,470 | 50 |
| 2000 | #2,139 | 47 |
| 1990 | #1,730 | 46 |
| 1980 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1970 | #4,760 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Anwar, counting every spelling?
Anwar has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Anwar?
38 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Anwar (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Anwar born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 221 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Anwar.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Anwar?
About 2,600 people born in the US named Anwar are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 17 and 44. That makes Anwar mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Anwar by state
How common Anwar was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Anwar: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Anwar, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Anwar
How popular is the name Anwar?
Anwar was the 3129th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 38 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 697th with 144 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 359 places. More babies were named Anwar in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Anwar a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Anwar in the US.
Where is Anwar most popular?
In 2021–2025, Anwar was most common in Minnesota (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Ohio.