Elwyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-win
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Elwyn is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Elwyn come from?
Welsh: possibly from Welsh gwyn, white or blessed; also linked to Alwyn
Is Elwyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Elwyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Elwyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,423rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 246% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Elwyn, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Elwyn of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Elwyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Elwyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #1,423 for this spelling alone.
- Elwyn 20
- Elwin 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Elwyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Elwyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Elwyn, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1924, with 104 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893. 5 girls were also named Elwyn in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Elwyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1946, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elwyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,165 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,251 |
| 1948 | 50 | #988 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 52 | #923 |
| 1942 | 63 | #812 |
| 1941 | 44 | #960 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1939 | 49 | #888 |
| 1938 | 52 | #860 |
| 1937 | 44 | #942 |
| 1936 | 53 | #832 |
| 1935 | 57 | #822 |
| 1934 | 69 | #733 |
| 1933 | 76 | #677 |
| 1932 | 71 | #739 |
| 1931 | 69 | #742 |
| 1930 | 77 | #710 |
| 1929 | 79 | #695 |
| 1928 | 73 | #752 |
| 1927 | 90 | #677 |
| 1926 | 82 | #699 |
| 1925 | 94 | #659 |
| 1924 | 104 | #626 |
| 1923 | 96 | #654 |
| 1922 | 89 | #692 |
| 1921 | 90 | #682 |
| 1920 | 93 | #660 |
| 1919 | 75 | #738 |
| 1918 | 88 | #658 |
| 1917 | 72 | #723 |
| 1916 | 56 | #834 |
| 1915 | 73 | #680 |
| 1914 | 54 | #697 |
| 1913 | 47 | #648 |
| 1912 | 47 | #592 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
Names like Elwyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emlyn, Wilfred, Arthur, Louie, Otis, Edward, Reuben, Archie, Ellis, Stanley, Freddie, Frederick
Other spellings of Elwyn
Names related to Elwyn
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, “Elwyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elwyn, updated 20 October 2026.