Huw

maleStatistical record

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

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

Huw: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #298, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#298highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#332
1997	#298
1998	#345
1999	#356
2000	#367
2001	#386
2002	#403
2003	#473
2004	#532
2005	#544
2006	#554
2007	#617
2008	#593
2009	#696
2010	#721
2011	#638
2012	#704
2013	#804
2014	#754
2015	#888
2016	#790
2017	#943
2018	#958
2019	#844
2020	#845
2021	#1078
2022	#1179
2023	#1363
2024	#1675

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.

In 2017: #710 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #943 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #332 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: #298 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Huw 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 Huw in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	293	4 of 10	73
2000sbusiest	529	10 of 10	53
2010s	394	10 of 10	39
2020s	118	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 53 births a year.

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

Huw 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #298 in England and Wales in 1997.

Huw'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	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#845	35	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#844	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#958	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#943	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#754	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#704	47	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#638	52	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#721	42	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#696	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#593	54	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#617	48	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#554	53	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#544	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#532	49	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#473	51	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#403	56	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#386	61	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#367	65	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#356	65	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#345	68	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#298	88	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#332	72	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #298, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 88 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 21 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 2 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.

Atticus · #298, 27y
Bernie · #298, 24y
Haroon · #298, 30y
Nusaybah · #298, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alayah · #298, 23y
Amber-Rose · #298, 29y
Atticus · #298, 27y
Bernie · #298, 24y

Huw was ranked #298 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. 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.

Huw 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 Huw without appearing here.

Huw moved ahead of

Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #721 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #638 and #1303.
Craig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #888 and #821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #790 and #1157.
Jon Compare
In 2009 they stood at #696 and #696 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #721 and #996.
Brett Compare
In 2007 they stood at #617 and #617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #593 and #775.

Moved ahead of Huw

Derek Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1407 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1108.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1132.
Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1282.
Markus Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1179 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1363 and #1108.

Moved the opposite way to Huw

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Huw went from #332 to #1675 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Huw went from #332 to #1675 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Huw went from #332 to #1675 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Huw went from #332 to #1675 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Huw

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Huw went from #332 to #1675 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Huw went from #332 to #1675 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Huw went from #332 to #1675 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Huw went from #332 to #1675 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #298 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Huw by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Huw by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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