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How popular is the name Carwyn?

Births per year, rank history and how many Carwyns are alive today.

Carwyn (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 40 babies were given the name, the 464th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 20% of its peak.

The Carwyn you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Carwyns born in England and Wales are between 15 and 32, and there are at least 830 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Carwyn - on average, only one in every 366 such rooms contains a Carwyn.

How many babies are named Carwyn each year?

010203040200020201996: 401997: 261999: 322000: 252001: 212002: 282004: 242005: 292006: 262007: 222008: 192009: 242010: 222011: 302012: 192013: 212014: 192015: 202016: 162017: 162018: 172019: 72020: 152021: 82022: 102023: 102024: 62025: 8actual

Where does Carwyn rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 4641997: ranked 6291999: ranked 5752000: ranked 7102001: ranked 8142002: ranked 6912004: ranked 8752005: ranked 8072006: ranked 9142007: ranked 1,0792008: ranked 1,2422009: ranked 1,0672010: ranked 1,1712011: ranked 9442012: ranked 1,3132013: ranked 1,1832014: ranked 1,3272015: ranked 1,2792016: ranked 1,5702017: ranked 1,5462018: ranked 1,4552019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 1,5482021: ranked 2,4932022: ranked 2,1662023: ranked 2,1612024: ranked 3,2552025: ranked 2,664

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.

Chart: babies named Carwyn per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 40 in 1996
Carwyn: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Carwyn most popular?

Carwyn peaked in 1996, when 40 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Carwyn?

At least 830 people named Carwyn born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Carwyn?

Most living Carwyns are between 15 and 32; the most common age is about 31.

Is Carwyn becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.






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