Wynn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIN
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,703 for girls
Wynn is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white; fair”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,703rd for girls in the US (120 babies).
What does Wynn mean?
Welsh: Welsh surname from gwyn; also Old English wynn 'joy'
“white; fair”
From the Welsh surname Wynn, based on gwyn, 'white, fair'; in Old English wynn meant joy.
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Is Wynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Wynn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 120 girls and 95 boys in the US.
How popular is Wynn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Wynn, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wynn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Wynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Wyn 8
- Wynn 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Wynn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Wynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,703among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 120about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were named Wynn, making it the 1,703rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. It first appears in the records in 1940. 95 boys were also named Wynn in 2025 (1,708th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Wynn of any year since it first appeared, in 1940.
Half of all the girls named Wynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 girls in the US were given Wynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,415, up from #1,703 for this spelling alone.
- Wynn 120
- Wyn 9
Girls were 17% of the babies named Wynn in the US in 1941, and 56% in 2025.
Wynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #1,703 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,980 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 82 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 86 | #2,173 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,779 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
Names like Wynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Flynn Rowan Kit Rory Jude Myles Hudson Grayson Roman Ronan Quinn
Other spellings of Wynn
Names related to Wynn
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, “Wynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wynn, updated 20 October 2026.