Owain

maleStatistical record

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

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

Owain: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #220 in 2000, and it stood at #1,199 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#220highest recorded position
9groupings 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	#286
1997	#259
1998	#237
1999	#232
2000	#220
2001	#226
2002	#243
2003	#235
2004	#281
2005	#273
2006	#299
2007	#330
2008	#349
2009	#408
2010	#470
2011	#467
2012	#606
2013	#611
2014	#611
2015	#702
2016	#698
2017	#848
2018	#932
2019	#825
2020	#1111
2021	#1139
2022	#949
2023	#1272
2024	#1199

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 #286 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: #220 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1199 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Owain 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 Owain in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	460	4 of 10	115
2000sbusiest	1,198	10 of 10	120
2010s	528	10 of 10	53
2020s	124	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 120 births a year.

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

Owain 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: #220 in England and Wales in 2000.

Owain'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	#1199	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#949	32	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#932	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#848	37	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#698	49	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#702	47	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#611	57	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#611	56	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#606	58	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#467	80	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#470	76	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#408	94	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#349	111	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#330	111	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#299	118	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#273	119	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#281	113	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#235	137	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#243	120	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#226	136	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#220	139	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#232	132	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#237	127	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#259	110	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#286	91	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 #220, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 139 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 →
#1,199position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
139births 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Valborg · #219, 26y
Hallstein · #218, 28y
Jofrid · #218, 29y
Bergljot · #223, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Becky · #220, 25y
Charis · #220, 29y
Cianan · #220, 23y
Demi-Leigh · #220, 29y

Owain was ranked #220 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.

Owain 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 Owain without appearing here.

Owain moved ahead of

Gregory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1071 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1199 and #1460.
Phillip Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1139 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1199 and #1460.
Craig Compare
In 2012 they stood at #606 and #577 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #611 and #771.
Courtney Compare
In 1996 they stood at #286 and #247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #259 and #399.

Moved ahead of Owain

Leif Compare
In 2022 they stood at #949 and #967 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1272 and #827.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #467 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #606 and #238.
Conan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #949 and #1143 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1272 and #987.
Eoin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #949 and #1104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1272 and #1018.

Moved the opposite way to Owain

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owain went from #286 to #1199 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owain went from #286 to #1199 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owain went from #286 to #1199 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owain went from #286 to #1199 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Owain

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owain went from #286 to #1199 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owain went from #286 to #1199 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owain went from #286 to #1199 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owain went from #286 to #1199 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: #220 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Owain

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Owain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Owain at a glance

Owain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Owain

Owain and the names beside it

Owain moved ahead of

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