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How popular is the name Owain?
Births per year, rank history and how many Owains are alive today.
Owain (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1466th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. The name peaked in 2000, when 139 babies were given the name, the 220th most popular that year. It has declined since 2000; the 2025 figure is roughly 13% of its peak.
The Owain you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Owains born in England and Wales are between 17 and 29, and there are at least 2,900 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 Owain - on average, only one in every 105 such rooms contains a Owain.
How many babies are named Owain each year?
Where does Owain 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 Owain most popular?
Owain peaked in 2000, when 139 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Owain?
At least 2,900 people named Owain born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Owain?
Most living Owains are between 17 and 29; the most common age is about 26.
Is Owain becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2000 peak.