Anwar is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1978 and has grown less common since.
Anwar is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,129 for boy births in the United States (and #6,724 across all names), given to 38 babies. Anwar first appears in 1969 and peaked in 1978 (144 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,129 |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,876 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,182 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | — | #3,007 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,122 |
| 2020 | 39 | 39 | #13,615 | #3,352 |
| 2019 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,556 |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,249 |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,441 |
| 2016 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,785 |
| 2015 | 49 | 49 | #14,697 | #2,770 |
| 2014 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,307 |
| 2013 | 51 | 51 | #14,787 | #2,626 |
| 2012 | 42 | 42 | #13,637 | #3,183 |
| 2011 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,319 |
| 2010 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,470 |
| 2009 | 62 | 62 | #10,766 | #2,453 |
| 2008 | 49 | 49 | #17,812 | #2,754 |
| 2007 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,816 |
| 2006 | 60 | 60 | #15,330 | #2,313 |
| 2005 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,636 |
| 2004 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,346 |
| 2003 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,356 |
| 2002 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,092 |
| 2001 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,119 |
| 2000 | 54 | 54 | #11,917 | #2,139 |
| 1999 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,200 |
| 1998 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,509 |
| 1997 | 49 | — | #9,084 | #2,167 |
| 1996 | 54 | — | #9,656 | #1,935 |
| 1995 | 29 | — | #11,903 | #3,027 |
| 1994 | 38 | — | #9,653 | #2,510 |
| 1993 | 42 | — | — | #1,937 |
| 1992 | 34 | — | — | #2,216 |
| 1991 | 40 | — | — | #1,923 |
| 1990 | 46 | — | — | #1,730 |
| 1989 | 46 | — | — | #1,683 |
| 1988 | 47 | — | — | #1,554 |
| 1987 | 41 | — | — | #1,658 |
| 1986 | 39 | — | — | #1,646 |
| 1985 | 55 | — | #10,783 | #1,371 |
| 1984 | 86 | — | — | #951 |
| 1983 | 90 | — | #10,371 | #957 |
| 1982 | 140 | — | — | #741 |
| 1981 | 140 | — | — | #730 |
| 1980 | 70 | — | #6,819 | #1,166 |
| 1979 | 92 | — | — | #914 |
| 1978 | 144 | — | — | #697 |
| 1977 | 60 | — | — | #1,122 |
| 1976 | 51 | — | — | #1,210 |
| 1975 | 43 | — | — | #1,322 |
| 1974 | 35 | — | — | #1,472 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | — | #2,131 |
| 1972 | 23 | — | — | #1,872 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | — | #2,468 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #3,964 |