Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anwar

#2,518 most common boys' name of all time · #6,060 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among boys
#2,518
Rank overall
#6,060 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
2,864
Since 2016
386
Peak year
1978 #699
Best rank
#699 1978
Girls Boys peak 144/yr
198020002020

Anwar first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 38 38 #3,149
2024 — 44 44 #2,886
2023 — 38 38 #3,202
2022 — 41 41 #3,023
2021 — 25 25 #4,169
2020 6 33 39 #3,368
2019 — 51 51 #2,567
2018 — 35 35 #3,269
2017 — 32 32 #3,475
2016 — 43 43 #2,808
2015 6 43 49 #2,786
2014 — 33 33 #3,325
2013 6 45 51 #2,645
2012 7 35 42 #3,199
2011 — 55 55 #2,327
2010 — 50 50 #2,486
2009 10 52 62 #2,464
2008 5 44 49 #2,772
2007 — 42 42 #2,838
2006 6 54 60 #2,324
2005 — 83 83 #1,644
2004 — 48 48 #2,353
2003 — 45 45 #2,371
2002 — 51 51 #2,107
2001 — 49 49 #2,129
2000 7 47 54 #2,159
1999 — 42 42 #2,217
1998 — 34 34 #2,535
1997 9 40 49 #2,185
1996 8 46 54 #1,947
1995 6 23 29 #3,061
1994 8 30 38 #2,533
1993 — 42 42 #1,957
1992 — 34 34 #2,242
1991 — 40 40 #1,940
1990 — 46 46 #1,745
1989 — 46 46 #1,700
1988 — 47 47 #1,570
1987 — 41 41 #1,676
1986 — 39 39 #1,658
1985 5 50 55 #1,387
1984 — 86 86 #959
1983 5 85 90 #963
1982 — 140 140 #746
1981 — 140 140 #734
1980 9 61 70 #1,175
1979 — 92 92 #916
1978 — 144 144 #699
1977 — 60 60 #1,126
1976 — 51 51 #1,223
1975 — 43 43 #1,344
1974 — 35 35 #1,499
1973 — 19 19 #2,212
1972 — 23 23 #1,926
1971 — 15 15 #2,555
1970 — 5 5 #5,276
1969 — 6 6 #4,360