Gethin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gethin: Recorded since 1996, it reached #272 in 2008, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#272highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#481
1998	#452
2000	#616
2001	#590
2002	#481
2003	#453
2004	#576
2005	#388
2006	#416
2007	#345
2008	#272
2009	#289
2010	#323
2011	#328
2012	#359
2013	#356
2014	#495
2015	#563
2016	#531
2017	#587
2018	#749
2019	#740
2020	#898
2021	#985
2022	#1058
2023	#890
2024	#1322

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2014: #398 among boys in Northern Ireland, #495 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #481 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: #272 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Gethin 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 Gethin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	84	2 of 10	42
2000s	777	10 of 10	78
2010sbusiest	875	10 of 10	88
2020s	144	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 88 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 53, from 106 to 159.

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

Gethin 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in England and Wales in 2008.

Gethin'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#890	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1058	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#985	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#898	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#740	44	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#749	44	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#587	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#531	73	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#563	67	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#495	79	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#356	114	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#359	120	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#328	135	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#323	135	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#289	150	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#272	159	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#345	106	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#416	80	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#388	78	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#576	43	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#453	54	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#481	45	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#590	32	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#616	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#452	46	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#481	38	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #272, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 159 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 18 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 3 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.

Donovan · #272, 29y
Glyn · #272, 23y
Kalem · #272, 25y
Aedan · #271, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Allister · #272, 17y
Connaire · #272, 10y
Donovan · #272, 29y
Izabella · #272, 30y

Gethin was ranked #272 in England and Wales · Boys in 2008. 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.

Gethin 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 Gethin without appearing here.

Gethin moved ahead of

Keith Compare
In 2001 they stood at #590 and #576 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #481 and #781.
Glenn Compare
In 2000 they stood at #616 and #616 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #590 and #842.
Wayne Compare
In 2004 they stood at #576 and #549 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #388 and #638.
Jakob Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1058 and #746 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #890 and #1139.

Moved ahead of Gethin

Eoin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #890 and #1018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #945.
Conan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #890 and #987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #1025.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #481 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #452 and #182.
Roman Compare
In 1999 they stood at #452 and #689 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #616 and #401.

Moved the opposite way to Gethin

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gethin went from #481 to #1322 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gethin went from #481 to #1322 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gethin went from #481 to #1322 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gethin went from #481 to #1322 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Gethin

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gethin went from #481 to #1322 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gethin went from #481 to #1322 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gethin went from #481 to #1322 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gethin went from #481 to #1322 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

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Gethin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Gethin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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