Gwilym

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gwilym: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,002 in 2000, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1002highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#1345
1998	#1263
1999	#1383
2000	#1002
2001	#1202
2002	#1519
2003	#1513
2004	#1596
2005	#1617
2006	#1469
2007	#1756
2008	#2276
2009	#1494
2010	#1407
2011	#1342
2012	#1756
2013	#1462
2014	#1721
2015	#1159
2016	#1363
2017	#2052
2018	#1455
2019	#1253
2020	#1230
2021	#1448
2022	#1534
2023	#2007
2024	#1595

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 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 #1040 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: #1002 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Gwilym 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 Gwilym in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	41	4 of 10	10
2000s	114	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	167	10 of 10	17
2020s	81	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Gwilym 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: #1002 in England and Wales in 2000.

Gwilym'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1159	23	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	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 #1,002, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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 →
#1,595position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 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.

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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.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Avinash · #1000, 24y
Frasier · #1000, 26y
Jos · #1004, 27y
Nahid · #1000, 22y

Gwilym 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 Gwilym without appearing here.

Gwilym moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1494 and #3227.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1383 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1002 and #2501.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #3687.

Moved ahead of Gwilym

Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1469 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1756 and #926.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1207.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #906.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Gwilym

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwilym went from #1040 to #1595 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwilym went from #1040 to #1595 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwilym went from #1040 to #1595 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwilym went from #1040 to #1595 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Gwilym

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwilym went from #1040 to #1595 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwilym went from #1040 to #1595 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwilym went from #1040 to #1595 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwilym went from #1040 to #1595 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1002 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gwilym

Gwilym at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gwilym by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Gwilym appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Gwilym at a glance

Gwilym by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Gwilym appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Gwilym and the names beside it

Gwilym moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gwilym

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