# Cerys (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cerys/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 214 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 214 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,533, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | 10,274 |
| 2008 | 12 | 9,604 |
| 2009 | 13 | 9,004 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10,581 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,372 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9,861 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,003 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,834 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,068 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,380 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,291 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,698 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,300 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,094 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,392 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 277 | 184 |
| 2012 | 222 | 225 |
| 2013 | 160 | 293 |
| 2014 | 138 | 330 |
| 2015 | 133 | 352 |
| 2016 | 124 | 369 |
| 2017 | 80 | 541 |
| 2018 | 79 | 532 |
| 2019 | 62 | 632 |
| 2020 | 45 | 807 |
| 2021 | 49 | 755 |
| 2022 | 34 | 1,006 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,406 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## 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.