Meaning and history
Arabic name meaning "brighter" or "more radiant," from nur, "light." Anwar Sadat (1918-1981), President of Egypt and co-recipient of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for the Camp David Accords, is a notable bearer.
20062006: 54 births, rank #2,310
2007: 42 births, rank #2,811
2008: 44 births, rank #2,753
2009: 52 births, rank #2,451
2010: 50 births, rank #2,467
20112011: 55 births, rank #2,317
2012: 35 births, rank #3,179
2013: 45 births, rank #2,623
2014: 33 births, rank #3,297
2015: 43 births, rank #2,766
20162016: 43 births, rank #2,783
2017: 32 births, rank #3,440
2018: 35 births, rank #3,240
2019: 51 births, rank #2,556
2020: 33 births, rank #3,344
20212021: 25 births, rank #4,118
2022: 41 births, rank #3,003
2023: 38 births, rank #3,177
2024: 44 births, rank #2,873
20252025: 38 births, rank #3,128
Anwar rose from #957 to #951 for boys between 1983 and 1984. Its highest annual birth count came in 1978, with 144 births.