Ansar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- an-SAHR
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Ansar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “helpers, supporters”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Ansar mean?
Arabic
“helpers, supporters”
The Ansar were the people of Medina who welcomed and supported the Prophet Muhammad after his migration from Mecca.
Is Ansar a girl's or a boy's name?
Ansar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ansar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Ansar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Ansar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Ansar, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Ansar in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ansar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Ansar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Aveer Avyaan Advik Avi Shivansh Krishiv Aviraj Vihaan Arjan Veer Yuvraj
Names related to Ansar
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ansar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ansar, updated 20 October 2026.