Wyn
Boy · Welsh
Wyn is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Wyn mean?
Welsh
A male given name from Welsh.
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Is Wyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Wyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Wyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 118% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Wyn, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Wyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Wyn 8
- Wynn 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Wyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
How popular is Wyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 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, 16 boys in the US were named Wyn, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1944. 9 girls were also named Wyn in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Wyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 128 boys in the US were given Wyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,289, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Wyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
Names like Wyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Wyn
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