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How popular is the name Llywelyn?

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

Llywelyn (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2952nd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 1999, when 11 babies were given the name, the 1199th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2020, with 11 babies given the name that year.

The Llywelyn you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old - or else around 26: the name has two living generations. Half of all Llywelyns born in England and Wales are between 8 and 27, and there are at least 220 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 Llywelyn - on average, only one in every 1,378 such rooms contains a Llywelyn.

How many babies are named Llywelyn each year?

0510200020201996: 51997: 51998: 51999: 112000: 72001: 62002: 32003: 32004: 32006: 62007: 72008: 102009: 52010: 72011: 32012: 72013: 62014: 102015: 62016: 72017: 62018: 82019: 32020: 112021: 102022: 62023: 92024: 32025: 7actual

Where does Llywelyn rank among boys' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 2,0201997: ranked 2,0221998: ranked 2,0741999: ranked 1,1992000: ranked 1,7032001: ranked 1,9492002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 3,4672004: ranked 3,6512006: ranked 2,5382007: ranked 2,4352008: ranked 1,9532009: ranked 3,2272010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 2,7212013: ranked 2,9542014: ranked 2,0792015: ranked 3,0042016: ranked 2,8042017: ranked 3,0402018: ranked 2,4452019: ranked 4,7022020: ranked 1,9352021: ranked 2,1252022: ranked 3,0492023: ranked 2,3262024: ranked 5,1202025: ranked 2,952

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 Llywelyn per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 11 in 1999
Llywelyn: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Llywelyn most popular?

Llywelyn peaked in 1999, when 11 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Llywelyn?

At least 220 people named Llywelyn born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Llywelyn?

Most living Llywelyns are between 8 and 27; the most common age is about 5. There is a second cluster around 26.

Is Llywelyn becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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