# Llewelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/llewelyn/  
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 | Llewellyn |
| US babies named this | 188 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 178 / 10 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 358, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 17,378 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,539 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 7 | 3,435 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,331 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,510 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,970 |
| 1976 | 5 | 6,131 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,391 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,267 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,601 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,395 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,441 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,921 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,694 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,752 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4,391 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,516 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Llewelyn

- D. W. Griffith, American filmmaker (1875–1948)

## 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.