Gruffydd

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gruffydd: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #740 in 2019, and it stood at #1,053 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#740highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1257
1998	#1485
1999	#1664
2000	#953
2001	#1949
2002	#1253
2003	#1092
2004	#1110
2005	#1716
2006	#1401
2007	#1201
2008	#894
2009	#1099
2010	#942
2011	#1600
2012	#1051
2013	#882
2014	#1117
2015	#950
2016	#1050
2017	#761
2018	#897
2019	#740
2020	#812
2021	#784
2022	#1058
2023	#814
2024	#1053

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year 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 #1591 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: #740 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1053 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Gruffydd 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 Gruffydd in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000s	163	10 of 10	16
2010s	307	10 of 10	31
2020sbusiest	175	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 35 births a year.

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

Gruffydd 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: #740 in England and Wales in 2019.

Gruffydd'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	#1053	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#814	40	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1058	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#784	42	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#812	38	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#740	44	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#897	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#761	45	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1050	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#950	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#894	30	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #740, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,053position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
45births registered in its largest year, 201725 to 49 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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Gry · #31, 57y
Gryff · #2301, 14y

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.

Ishaaq · #740, 27y
Safiyah · #739, 29y
Efa · #742, 26y
Kamari · #738, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ishaaq · #740, 27y
Cobie · #741, 27y
Mickey · #741, 28y
Petar · #741, 24y

Gruffydd was ranked #740 in England and Wales · Boys in 2019. 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.

Gruffydd 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 Gruffydd without appearing here.

Gruffydd moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #3225.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #2636.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1485 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1664 and #2943.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1401 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1201 and #2435.

Moved ahead of Gruffydd

Hudson Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1110 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #982.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1110 and #731.
Hunter Compare
In 2008 they stood at #894 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1099 and #848.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1110 and #875.

Moved the opposite way to Gruffydd

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gruffydd went from #1591 to #814 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gruffydd went from #1591 to #814 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Gruffydd went from #1591 to #814 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Gruffydd went from #1591 to #812 while Brooke went from #2357 to #4608.

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: #740 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gruffydd

Gruffydd at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gruffydd by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Gruffydd appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Gruffydd at a glance

Gruffydd by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Gruffydd appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Gruffydd

Gruffydd and the names beside it

Gruffydd moved ahead of

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