Dafydd

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dafydd: Recorded since 1996, it reached #261 in 1999, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#261highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#296
1997	#270
1998	#293
1999	#261
2000	#262
2001	#264
2002	#287
2003	#305
2004	#305
2005	#426
2006	#624
2007	#865
2009	#737
2010	#996
2011	#1045
2012	#901
2013	#954
2014	#1093
2015	#1236
2016	#1498
2017	#2052
2018	#1158
2019	#1506
2020	#1635
2021	#1595
2022	#1534
2023	#2325
2024	#2671

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 28 of the 29 years 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 #296 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: #261 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dafydd 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 Dafydd in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	383	4 of 10	96
2000sbusiest	682	9 of 10	76
2010s	229	10 of 10	23
2020s	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 76 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births fell by 29, from 97 to 68.

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

Dafydd 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: #261 in England and Wales in 1999.

Dafydd'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1093	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#954	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#737	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#865	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#624	45	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#426	68	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#305	97	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#305	92	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#287	97	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#264	105	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#262	108	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#261	108	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#293	90	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#270	101	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#296	84	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #261, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 108 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
108births registered in its largest year, 1999100 to 199 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.

Noirin · #262, 25y
Rolandas · #262, 27y
Ninni · #263, 33y
Anne-Lene · #258, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dayle · #261, 7y
Blossom · #262, 30y
Clarke · #262, 29y
Dhruv · #262, 30y

Dafydd was ranked #261 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Dafydd 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 Dafydd without appearing here.

Dafydd moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #3254.
Grant Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2052 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1158 and #1683.
Brett Compare
In 2008 they stood at #865 and #617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #737 and #972.
Courtney Compare
In 1996 they stood at #296 and #247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #270 and #399.

Moved ahead of Dafydd

Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1207.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1461.
Marius Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1158 and #1194 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1506 and #731.

Moved the opposite way to Dafydd

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dafydd went from #296 to #2671 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dafydd went from #296 to #2671 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dafydd went from #296 to #2671 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dafydd went from #296 to #2671 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Dafydd

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dafydd went from #296 to #2671 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dafydd went from #296 to #2671 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dafydd went from #296 to #2671 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dafydd went from #296 to #2671 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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: #261 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dafydd

Dafydd at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dafydd by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Dafydd at a glance

Dafydd by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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