Llewelyn

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Llewelyn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Llewelyn: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,146 in 2017, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1146highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#2337
1998	#1642
1999	#1199
2000	#1167
2001	#1467
2002	#1651
2003	#1410
2004	#1732
2005	#1716
2006	#1643
2007	#2741
2008	#2507
2009	#1568
2010	#4678
2011	#2194
2012	#1962
2013	#1796
2014	#1486
2015	#1673
2016	#1498
2017	#1146
2018	#1875
2019	#1316
2020	#1431
2021	#1448
2022	#1879
2023	#1701
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1146 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Llewelyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Llewelyn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000s	97	10 of 10	10
2010s	137	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	77	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Llewelyn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1146 in England and Wales in 2017.

Llewelyn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,146, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,517position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Benyamin · #1147, 26y
Aryana · #1144, 24y
Ilyaas · #1143, 27y
Muskan · #1150, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Benyamin · #1147, 26y
Aryana · #1144, 24y
Alden · #1143, 23y
Ilyaas · #1143, 27y

Llewelyn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Llewelyn without appearing here.

Llewelyn moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1962 and #4805.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #4107.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Llewelyn

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #1201.
Magnus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1235 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1113.
Markus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1235 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1113.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #967.

Moved the same way as Llewelyn

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Llewelyn went from #1235 to #1879 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Llewelyn went from #1235 to #1879 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Llewelyn went from #2741 to #1517 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1146 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Llewelyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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