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How popular is the name Dafydd?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dafydds are alive today.
Dafydd (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2133rd in 2025 and given to 11 babies. The name peaked in 1999, when 108 babies were given the name, the 261st most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak.
The Dafydd you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Dafydds born in England and Wales are between 21 and 32, and there are at least 1,900 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 Dafydd - on average, only one in every 160 such rooms contains a Dafydd.
How many babies are named Dafydd each year?
Where does Dafydd rank among boys' 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 Dafydd most popular?
Dafydd peaked in 1999, when 108 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dafydd?
At least 1,900 people named Dafydd born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dafydd?
Most living Dafydds are between 21 and 32; the most common age is about 26.
Is Dafydd becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.