Emlyn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Emlyn: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #240, and it stood at #1,282 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#240highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Emlyn's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2020–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2020	#5493
2023	#5687

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1972–1985
Highest recorded position: #240 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1972–1985).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Emlyn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 291 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1972.

Emlyn across 3 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.

Emlyn'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)	#1150 (2020)	#1282 (2024)	28 of 29	291 (1996–2024)	23 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#307 (1972)	#240 (1974)	#304 (1985)	6 of 14	22 (1972–1985)	7 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#5493 (2020)	#5493 (2020)	#5687 (2023)	2 of 4	6 (2020–2023)	3 (2020)

Emlyn 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 Emlyn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	3 of 10	7
2000s	66	10 of 10	7
2010s	118	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	85	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Emlyn 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 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #240 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Emlyn'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	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	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	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	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 1972 and 2024, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #240, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 24 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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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.

Bozena · #241, 30y
Galina · #241, 39y
Kelley · #242, 29y
Mika · #238, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Garth · #240, 15y
Tadas · #240, 33y
Kelley · #242, 29y
Lyndsay · #242, 22y

Emlyn was ranked #240 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1974. 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.

Emlyn 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 Emlyn without appearing here.

Emlyn moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1268 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1268 and #4001.
Keith Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1150 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Emlyn

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1749 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2199 and #1201.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1458 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2022 and #1174.
Aksel Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1150 and #1314 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #1688.
Hunter Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1367 and #1821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2142 and #1425.

Moved the opposite way to Emlyn

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Emlyn went from #3225 to #1282 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Emlyn

Arlo Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Emlyn went from #2142 to #1282 and Arlo from #2142 to #15.
Kasper Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Emlyn went from #2142 to #1282 and Kasper from #1889 to #529.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Emlyn went from #3134 to #1282 and Harper from #2587 to #1402.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Emlyn went from #1458 to #2104 and Shannon from #1168 to #4702.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #240 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emlyn

Emlyn at a glance

What stands out in Emlyn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emlyn across 3 official records

Emlyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Emlyn's record

Emlyn across 3 official records

Emlyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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