# Antwan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/antwan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,630 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,517 / 113 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicization of French Antoine. Compare Antoine, Antwon.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 8,047 |
| 1971 | 7 | 6,648 |
| 1972 | 8 | 5,993 |
| 1974 | 7 | 6,943 |
| 1975 | 6 | 8,041 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,363 |
| 1977 | 7 | 7,600 |
| 1978 | 10 | 5,982 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5,110 |
| 1980 | 11 | 5,933 |
| 1981 | 12 | 5,592 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10,531 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10,781 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9,622 |
| 1987 | 6 | 9,922 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 180 | 1,051 |
| 2012 | 141 | 1,250 |
| 2013 | 155 | 1,162 |
| 2014 | 137 | 1,296 |
| 2015 | 112 | 1,481 |
| 2016 | 109 | 1,534 |
| 2017 | 105 | 1,554 |
| 2018 | 107 | 1,565 |
| 2019 | 90 | 1,737 |
| 2020 | 73 | 1,965 |
| 2021 | 83 | 1,853 |
| 2022 | 61 | 2,327 |
| 2023 | 55 | 2,442 |
| 2024 | 53 | 2,530 |
| 2025 | 50 | 2,606 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## People named Antwan

- Antwan Tolhoek, Dutch cyclist
- Big Boi, American rapper and record producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.