Emlyn
Boy · EM-lin · Welsh
Emlyn is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Emlyn mean?
Welsh: possibly from Latin Aemilianus, or the Welsh district of Emlyn
A traditional Welsh name; Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire takes its name from the old district of Emlyn.
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- EM-lin
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Is Emlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Emlyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 10 girls in the US.
How popular is Emlyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,220among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Emlyn, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st.
2025 had the most boys named Emlyn of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Emlyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.
Emlyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Emlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Emlyn, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Emlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
Names like Emlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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