# Iolo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/iolo/  
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 | /ˈjɒləʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 431, 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.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 31 | 947 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,063 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## 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.