Alwyn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Alwyn: Recorded since 1977, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #446 in 1990, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#446highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Alwyn's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#2337
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#2304
2005	#2754
2007	#3589
2009	#4527
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#3315
2014	#3362
2015	#3373
2016	#4810
2017	#3996
2018	#2445
2019	#2488
2020	#2404
2021	#3017
2022	#3449
2023	#1906
2024	#1758

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 22 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #518 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1977–1990
Highest recorded position: #446 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1977–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Alwyn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 22 ranked years and 128 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1977.

Alwyn across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alwyn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1458 (1996)	#1758 (2024)	22 of 29	128 (1996–2024)	14 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#518 (1977)	#446 (1990)	#446 (1990)	2 of 14	7 (1977–1990)	4 (1990)

Alwyn 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 Alwyn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000s	26	6 of 10	4
2010s	45	9 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Alwyn appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Alwyn'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1977 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #446, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Aly · #873, 14y
Alya · #476, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Eva-Mae · #446, 20y
Stacie · #446, 22y
Deana · #445, 24y
Camila · #444, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Joleen · #446, 17y
Yolanda · #446, 31y
Dona · #447, 13y
Lolita · #449, 22y

Alwyn was ranked #446 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1990. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alwyn 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 Alwyn without appearing here.

Alwyn moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4991.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Alwyn

Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1458 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1174.
Ronny Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1458 and #2020 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1962.
Hudson Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1458 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1761.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2488 and #2104.

Moved the same way as Alwyn

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Alwyn went from #1458 to #3449 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Alwyn went from #1458 to #3449 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Alwyn went from #1458 to #2404 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Alwyn went from #1458 to #3373 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alwyn

Alwyn at a glance

What stands out in Alwyn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alwyn across 2 official records

Alwyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Alwyn's record

Alwyn across 2 official records

Alwyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Names published alongside Alwyn

Alwyn and the names beside it

Alwyn moved ahead of

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