Iestyn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Iestyn: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #237 in 2004, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#237highest 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	#680
1997	#629
1998	#616
1999	#471
2000	#537
2001	#370
2002	#278
2003	#296
2004	#237
2005	#359
2006	#367
2007	#400
2008	#450
2009	#544
2010	#451
2011	#425
2012	#538
2013	#676
2014	#754
2015	#753
2016	#946
2017	#968
2018	#1097
2019	#1217
2020	#1548
2021	#1516
2022	#1534
2023	#1533
2024	#1859

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 #680 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: #237 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Iestyn 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 Iestyn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	122	4 of 10	31
2000sbusiest	850	10 of 10	85
2010s	484	10 of 10	48
2020s	76	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 85 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births fell by 50, from 138 to 88.

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

Iestyn 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: #237 in England and Wales in 2004.

Iestyn'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1097	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#946	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#753	43	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#754	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#676	49	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#538	68	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#425	92	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#451	82	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#544	62	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#450	80	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#400	90	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#367	93	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#359	88	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#237	138	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#296	98	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#278	100	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#370	65	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#537	36	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#471	44	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#616	29	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#629	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	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 #237, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 138 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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 →
#1,859position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
138births registered in its largest year, 2004100 to 199 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.

Jomar · #237, 34y
Torodd · #237, 24y
Iwan · #236, 29y
Bertil · #235, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

John-James · #237, 18y
Lily-May · #237, 30y
Sierra · #237, 27y
Aiza · #236, 27y

Iestyn was ranked #237 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. 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.

Iestyn 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 Iestyn without appearing here.

Iestyn moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #2160.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #616 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #471 and #1082.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #616 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #471 and #973.

Moved ahead of Iestyn

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #967.
Marius Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1097 and #1194 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1217 and #731.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #1460.
Shea Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1217 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1548 and #1192.

Moved the opposite way to Iestyn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iestyn went from #680 to #1859 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iestyn went from #680 to #1859 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iestyn went from #680 to #1859 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iestyn went from #680 to #1859 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Iestyn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iestyn went from #680 to #1859 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iestyn went from #680 to #1859 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iestyn went from #680 to #1859 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iestyn went from #680 to #1859 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: #237 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Iestyn

Iestyn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Iestyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Iestyn at a glance

Iestyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Iestyn

Iestyn and the names beside it

Iestyn moved ahead of

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