Masculine dossier · first seen 1969

Anwar

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Anwar
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1978

Peak rank proxy

144

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1969Peak 19782024

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

69.4%

2024

All-time

2,723

Anwar has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1978, when 144 boys were named Anwar.

In 2024, only 44 boys were given the name.

Down 69.4% from its peak.

All told, about 2,723 Americans have been named Anwar and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1969.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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