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How popular is the name Iwan?

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

Iwan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2269th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. The name peaked in 2000, when 127 babies were given the name, the 236th most popular that year. It has declined since 2000; the 2025 figure is roughly 8% of its peak.

The Iwan you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Iwans born in England and Wales are between 17 and 27, 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 Iwan - on average, only one in every 160 such rooms contains a Iwan.

How many babies are named Iwan each year?

050100200020201996: 401997: 601998: 1011999: 1192000: 1272001: 922002: 1112003: 972004: 782005: 1022006: 922007: 782008: 612009: 752010: 652011: 602012: 512013: 382014: 442015: 392016: 442017: 232018: 282019: 202020: 192021: 122022: 172023: 112024: 132025: 10actual

Where does Iwan rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 4641997: ranked 3781998: ranked 2721999: ranked 2492000: ranked 2362001: ranked 2972002: ranked 2582003: ranked 2982004: ranked 3682005: ranked 3132006: ranked 3702007: ranked 4412008: ranked 5442009: ranked 4762010: ranked 5312011: ranked 5802012: ranked 6662013: ranked 8042014: ranked 7302015: ranked 8072016: ranked 7582017: ranked 1,1782018: ranked 1,0132019: ranked 1,2532020: ranked 1,3142021: ranked 1,8602022: ranked 1,4692023: ranked 2,0082024: ranked 1,8592025: ranked 2,269

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 Iwan most popular?

Iwan peaked in 2000, when 127 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Iwan?

At least 1,900 people named Iwan born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Iwan?

Most living Iwans are between 17 and 27; the most common age is about 27.

Is Iwan becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2000 peak.






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