# Carwyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carwyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑɹ.wɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 95 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 95 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 560, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Carwyn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | 8,995 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,622 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,253 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,904 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8,985 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,210 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,187 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,102 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,654 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,904 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 944 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Carwyn

- Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales from 2009 to 2018

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.