Gwenllian

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gwenllian: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,074, and it stood at #1,743 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1074highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1074
1998	#1122
1999	#1970
2000	#1250
2001	#1359
2002	#1658
2003	#1325
2004	#1209
2005	#1690
2006	#1325
2007	#1741
2008	#1206
2009	#1752
2010	#1389
2011	#2025
2012	#1210
2013	#1400
2014	#1798
2015	#1324
2016	#1749
2017	#2341
2018	#1788
2019	#1439
2020	#2042
2021	#1402
2022	#1556
2023	#1135
2024	#1743

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 girls 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 #1168 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1074 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1743 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Gwenllian by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Gwenllian in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	60	4 of 10	15
2000s	160	10 of 10	16
2010s	191	10 of 10	19
2020sbusiest	100	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Gwenllian 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: #1074 in England and Wales in 1997.

Gwenllian'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	female	#1743	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1135	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1400	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	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 #1,074, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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 →
#1,743position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 202325 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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Gwennan · #1450, 28y
Gwenno · #1535, 29y

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.

Marium · #1074, 26y
Eleana · #1072, 29y
Jaycee · #1072, 29y
Nusrat · #1076, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Marium · #1074, 26y
Eleana · #1072, 29y
Jaycee · #1072, 29y
Nusrat · #1076, 28y

Gwenllian 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 Gwenllian without appearing here.

Gwenllian moved ahead of

Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #5666.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1690 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1325 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Gwenllian

Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1389 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2025 and #1067.
Mina Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1122 and #1259 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1970 and #1060.
Riley Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1359 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1658 and #822.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1135 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1743 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Gwenllian

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwenllian went from #1168 to #1743 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwenllian went from #1168 to #1743 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwenllian went from #1168 to #1743 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwenllian went from #1168 to #1743 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Gwenllian

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwenllian went from #1168 to #1743 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwenllian went from #1168 to #1743 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwenllian went from #1168 to #1743 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwenllian went from #1168 to #1743 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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: #1074 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gwenllian

Gwenllian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gwenllian by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Gwenllian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Gwenllian and the names beside it

Gwenllian moved ahead of

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Gwenllian at a glance

Gwenllian by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Gwenllian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Gwenllian and the names beside it

Gwenllian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gwenllian

Moved the opposite way to Gwenllian

Moved the same way as Gwenllian