Iwan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Iwan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #236 in 2000, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#236highest recorded position
10groupings 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	#464
1997	#378
1998	#272
1999	#249
2000	#236
2001	#297
2002	#258
2003	#298
2004	#368
2005	#313
2006	#370
2007	#441
2008	#544
2009	#476
2010	#531
2011	#580
2012	#666
2013	#804
2014	#730
2015	#807
2016	#758
2017	#1178
2018	#1013
2019	#1253
2020	#1314
2021	#1860
2022	#1469
2023	#2007
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 #464 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: #236 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (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

Iwan 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 Iwan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	320	4 of 10	80
2000sbusiest	913	10 of 10	91
2010s	412	10 of 10	41
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 91 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 41, from 60 to 101.

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

Iwan 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: #236 in England and Wales in 2000.

Iwan'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	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1178	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#758	44	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#807	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#730	44	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#666	51	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#580	60	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#531	65	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#476	75	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#544	61	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#441	78	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#370	92	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#313	102	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#368	78	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#298	97	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#258	111	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#297	92	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#236	127	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#249	119	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#272	101	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#378	60	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#464	40	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 #236, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 127 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

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
127births registered in its largest year, 2000100 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.

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

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aiza · #236, 27y
Andy · #236, 33y
Ayomide · #236, 29y
Matt · #236, 31y

Iwan was ranked #236 in England and Wales · Boys in 2000. 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.

Iwan 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 Iwan without appearing here.

Iwan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #2018.
Craig Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #1692.
Barry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #464 and #441 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #378 and #538.

Moved ahead of Iwan

Conan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1314 and #1379 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1860 and #1023.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1207.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1363.
Gerard Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1534 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Iwan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iwan went from #464 to #1859 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iwan went from #464 to #1859 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iwan went from #464 to #1859 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iwan went from #464 to #1859 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Iwan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iwan went from #464 to #1859 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iwan went from #464 to #1859 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iwan went from #464 to #1859 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iwan went from #464 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: #236 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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