# Owain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/owain/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 151 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 151 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,328, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Owain. Doublet of Owen.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | 8,717 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,561 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,601 |
| 2008 | 16 | 5,697 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,807 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,693 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,432 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,972 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,345 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,451 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,470 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,455 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,771 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,542 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,411 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 467 |
| 2012 | 58 | 606 |
| 2013 | 56 | 611 |
| 2014 | 57 | 611 |
| 2015 | 47 | 702 |
| 2016 | 49 | 698 |
| 2017 | 37 | 848 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 37 | 825 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Owain

- Owain Yeoman, British actor (born 1978)
- Owain Doull, British road cyclist
- Owain ap Hywel, 10th century king of Deheubarth
- Owain Arthur, British actor
- Owain Tudur Jones, footballer (born 1984)

## 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.