Hywel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Hywel: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #588, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#588highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#588
1997	#1010
1998	#924
1999	#1027
2000	#1002
2001	#1595
2002	#1519
2003	#1771
2004	#1596
2005	#1617
2006	#1892
2007	#3589
2008	#3687
2009	#1859
2010	#4678
2011	#2039
2012	#1962
2013	#2660
2014	#3895
2015	#3373
2016	#2335
2017	#3040
2018	#2445
2019	#3937
2020	#2960
2021	#3017
2022	#3048
2023	#2813
2024	#3254

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 #588 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: #588 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hywel 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 Hywel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	72	4 of 10	18
2000sbusiest	89	10 of 10	9
2010s	67	10 of 10	7
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Hywel 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: #588 in England and Wales in 1996.

Hywel'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	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	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#924	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#588	28	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 #588, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

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 →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 199625 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.

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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.

Manraj · #588, 29y
Naseem · #589, 26y
Saara · #589, 29y
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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.

Elyza · #588, 20y
Manraj · #588, 29y
Alishia · #587, 18y
Ayisha · #587, 29y

Hywel was ranked #588 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Hywel 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 Hywel without appearing here.

Hywel moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1859 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Hywel

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #1201.
Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1935.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1892 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #2023.

Moved the opposite way to Hywel

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hywel went from #588 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hywel went from #588 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hywel went from #588 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hywel went from #588 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Hywel

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hywel went from #588 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hywel went from #588 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hywel went from #588 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hywel went from #588 to #3254 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: #588 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Hywel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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