Branwen
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Branwen is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Branwen mean?
Welsh
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Branwen a girl's or a boy's name?
Branwen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Branwen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Branwen, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Branwen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Branwen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Branwen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Aoibheann, Eireann, Raegan, Fiadh, Teagan, Brooklyn, Quinn, Eira, Caoimhe, Bree, Ocean
Names related to Branwen
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Branwen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/branwen, updated 20 October 2026.