Owain
Boy · OH-wine · Welsh
Owain is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Owain mean?
Welsh: possibly from Latin Eugenius
Owain Glyndŵr led the last major Welsh revolt against English rule in the early 1400s.
- Say it
- OH-wine
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Is Owain a girl's or a boy's name?
Owain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Owain in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Owain, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 141 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Owain since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Owain in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Owain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,206 |
| 2019 | 38 | #875 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 38 | #901 |
| 2016 | 49 | #762 |
| 2015 | 51 | #716 |
| 2014 | 62 | #633 |
| 2013 | 56 | #664 |
| 2012 | 59 | #648 |
| 2011 | 82 | #496 |
| 2010 | 77 | #506 |
| 2009 | 94 | #441 |
| 2008 | 113 | #374 |
| 2007 | 112 | #361 |
| 2006 | 119 | #323 |
| 2005 | 121 | #296 |
| 2004 | 115 | #304 |
| 2003 | 139 | #252 |
| 2002 | 123 | #265 |
| 2001 | 141 | #237 |
| 2000 | 140 | #230 |
| 1999 | 137 | #244 |
| 1998 | 132 | #253 |
| 1997 | 112 | #276 |
| 1996 | 93 | #301 |
How popular is Owain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Owain, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had more boys named Owain than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Owain in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Owain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
Names like Owain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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