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How popular is the name Cerys?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ceryses are alive today.
Cerys (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1197th in 2025 and given to 27 babies. The name peaked in 2000, when 578 babies were given the name, the 91st most popular that year. It has declined since 2000; the 2025 figure is roughly 5% of its peak. At least 7,500 babies have been named Cerys in England and Wales since 1996.
The Cerys you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Ceryses born in England and Wales are between 17 and 26, and there are at least 8,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Cerys.
How many babies are named Cerys each year?
Where does Cerys rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Cerys most popular?
Cerys peaked in 2000, when 578 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Cerys?
At least 8,100 people named Cerys born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cerys?
Most living Ceryses are between 17 and 26; the most common age is about 26.
Is Cerys becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2000 peak.