Glyn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Glyn: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 19 years, it reached #272 in 1998, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#272highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Glyn's record

Absent from every published list for 19 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	#938
1997	#725
1998	#1367
1999	#1027
2000	#1552
2001	#1027
2002	#1799
2003	#1188
2004	#1596
2005	#2754
2007	#2023
2008	#2775
2011	#2892
2012	#2458
2013	#2660
2014	#4632
2016	#2556
2017	#3996
2020	#4608
2021	#4789
2024	#4270

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 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 1998: #272 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1367 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Glyn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 21 ranked years and 180 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1972.

Glyn 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.

Glyn'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	#938 (1996)	#725 (1997)	#4270 (2024)	21 of 29	180 (1996–2024)	22 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#307 (1972)	#288 (1976)	#288 (1976)	2 of 5	7 (1972–1976)	4 (1976)

Glyn 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 Glyn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	60	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	74	8 of 10	9
2010s	36	6 of 10	6
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Glyn 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 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Glyn'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#725	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#938	15	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	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 1972 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #272, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 19 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 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.

Gethin · #272, 27y
Kalem · #272, 25y
Mathieu · #272, 21y
Alister · #271, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Gregg · #273, 16y
Lyndon · #271, 34y
Saima · #273, 47y
Zakaria · #271, 42y

Glyn was ranked #272 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1998. 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.

Glyn 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 Glyn without appearing here.

Glyn moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #3095.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #1391 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Glyn

Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #1935.
Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2076.
Isak Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2556 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #2052.
Hans Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2556 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #2172.

Moved the opposite way to Glyn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Glyn went from #938 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Glyn went from #938 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Glyn went from #938 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Glyn went from #938 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Glyn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Glyn went from #938 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Glyn went from #938 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Glyn went from #938 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Glyn went from #938 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 3 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Glyn across 2 official records

Glyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Glyn's record

Glyn across 2 official records

Glyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Glyn and the names beside it

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