Gwydion

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gwydion: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,020, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2020highest recorded position
4groupings 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	#2020
1997	#2859
1998	#2074
1999	#2097
2000	#2501
2002	#2636
2008	#3158
2009	#2318
2011	#4647
2015	#2707
2017	#4812
2018	#3011
2020	#3334
2022	#4789
2024	#2263

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 15 of the 29 years 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 #2020 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: #2020 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Gwydion 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 Gwydion in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	4 of 10	5
2000s	21	4 of 10	5
2010s	19	4 of 10	5
2020s	18	3 of 10	6

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

Gwydion 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: #2020 in England and Wales in 1996.

Gwydion'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	#2263	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	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 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,020, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gwilym · #1002, 29y
Gwion · #906, 29y
Gwyn · #1454, 24y
Gwyneth · #466, 32y

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.

Georges · #2020, 16y
Jahsiah · #2020, 12y
Jory · #2020, 14y
Kallen · #2020, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arfan · #2020, 22y
Bert · #2020, 24y
Georges · #2020, 16y
Jory · #2020, 14y

Gwydion 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 Gwydion without appearing here.

Gwydion moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2859 and #2337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2318 and #4527.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Gwydion

Theodor Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2318 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1522.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1174.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #2228.
Hunter Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #1425.

Moved the same way as Gwydion

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwydion went from #2020 to #4789 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwydion went from #2020 to #4789 and Garry from #573 to #3048.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwydion went from #2020 to #4789 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Gwydion went from #2020 to #3334 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.

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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: #2020 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gwydion

Gwydion at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gwydion by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Gwydion at a glance

Gwydion by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Gwydion and the names beside it

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