Gwyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Gwyn is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Gwyn mean?
Welsh
A male given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gwyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 10 girls in the US.
How popular is Gwyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Gwyn, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gwyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Gwyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Gwyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Gwyn, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 129 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the girls named Gwyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,107 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,859 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,940 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,672 |
| 1964 | 86 | #1,190 |
| 1963 | 102 | #1,065 |
| 1962 | 129 | #934 |
| 1961 | 125 | #963 |
| 1960 | 100 | #1,072 |
| 1959 | 72 | #1,261 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,627 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,479 |
| 1954 | 63 | #1,248 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,564 |
| 1952 | 45 | #1,438 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,678 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,334 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,707 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,721 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
Names like Gwyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
George Ralph John Arthur James Wilfred Chester Otis Charles Elwyn Frank Frederick
Names related to Gwyn
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, “Gwyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwyn, updated 20 October 2026.