# Llewellyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/llewellyn/  
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 | /ləˈwɛlɪn/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lewelling, Llewelyn, Flewellen |
| US babies named this | 3,755 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,414 / 341 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 255, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Welsh Llywelyn.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 9 | 3,326 |
| 1943 | 8 | 3,678 |
| 1952 | 6 | 5,254 |
| 1956 | 5 | 6,482 |
| 1957 | 6 | 5,786 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5,191 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,654 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,506 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,020 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,423 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,960 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,817 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,909 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,533 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,223 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 9,281 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,907 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,291 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,308 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,240 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,316 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,919 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,322 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,407 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,497 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,541 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,433 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,041 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,682 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,749 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Llewellyn

- Llewellyn Thomas, British physicist and mathematician (1903-1992)
- Llewellyn Thompson, American diplomat (1904–1972)
- Llewellyn Evans, field hockey player (1876-1951)
- Llewellyn Powers, American politician (1836–1908)
- Michael Rutter, British psychiatrist (1933–2021)

## 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.