Cerys
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KER-is
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
Cerys is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “love”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies).
What does Cerys mean?
Welsh: from Welsh car, love; related to Carys
“love”
A Welsh name closely related to Carys, both built on car, love.
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Is Cerys a girl's or a boy's name?
Cerys is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cerys in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,247th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Cerys, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 828th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 642 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cerys in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#95).
Cerys in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 41 | #920 |
| 2021 | 56 | #734 |
| 2020 | 47 | #828 |
| 2019 | 81 | #551 |
| 2018 | 88 | #532 |
| 2017 | 100 | #482 |
| 2016 | 146 | #358 |
| 2015 | 150 | #343 |
| 2014 | 154 | #328 |
| 2013 | 180 | #293 |
| 2012 | 257 | #216 |
| 2011 | 320 | #180 |
| 2010 | 383 | #158 |
| 2009 | 441 | #140 |
| 2008 | 576 | #108 |
| 2007 | 431 | #145 |
| 2006 | 468 | #130 |
| 2005 | 570 | #103 |
| 2004 | 618 | #97 |
| 2003 | 611 | #95 |
| 2002 | 450 | #120 |
| 2001 | 530 | #108 |
| 2000 | 642 | #91 |
| 1999 | 580 | #103 |
| 1998 | 330 | #160 |
| 1997 | 112 | #340 |
| 1996 | 92 | #395 |
How popular is Cerys in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Cerys in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cerys in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Cerys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe, Carys, Ellie, Charlotte, Sophie, Zoe, Lily, Ella, Emma, Maisie, Freya, Jasmine
Names related to Cerys
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cerys: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cerys, updated 20 October 2026.