Llewellyn

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 90.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1882 · 11 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,414
since 1880

Llewellyn over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #1,553, 1906peak #576, 1882girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,86011#5,60816
2024#13,4776#6,46913
2023#12,1977#7,73810
2022#11,2318#9,8237
2021#12,2067#6,33513
2020#13,4536#6,29613
2019#15,5395#8,8898
2018#9,6707
2017#7,54610
2016#9,6647
2015#11,8358#8,7448
2014#9,6427
2013#12,1365
2012#7,55910
2011#8,7678
2010#7,08711
2009
2008#15,4056#12,5535
2007
2006#12,0555
2005#11,4725
2004#11,3565
2003#9,5816
2002
2001
2000#6,31610
1999#6,5309
1998
1997#8,1106
1996#7,1367
1995#5,12411
1994#5,10911
1993#8,7005
1992#7,4226
1991#8,2365
1990#4,16713
1989#3,20518
1988#3,52314
1987#3,07216
1986#3,26814
1985#2,94216
1984#3,92510
1983#2,67617
1982#2,42620
1981#2,89815
1980#2,53619
1979#2,66917
1978#2,56817
1977#2,36119
1976#2,60116
1975#2,63715
1974#1,69228
1973#1,51432
1972#1,50832
1971#1,66828
1970#1,61528
1969#1,76722
1968#1,50627
1967#1,38830
1966#1,48427
1965#1,51326
1964#1,35034
1963#1,23839
1962#1,29536
1961#1,30337
1960#1,13148
1959#1,12947
1958#4,8907#1,20441
1957#5,3776#1,11747
1956#5,9525#1,05651
1955#1,11444
1954#1,15142
1953#1,26135
1952#4,9086#1,09444
1951#1,29532
1950#1,16838
1949#1,12839
1948#1,23134
1947#1,15939
1946#1,12438
1945#1,32725
1944#93547
1943#3,4938#1,34327
1942#3,1949#1,11937
1941#3,2528#1,01940
1940#4,3495#98243
1939#3,7826#1,19430
1938#2,9409#95144
1937#3,4347#92246
1936#3,3767#90646
1935#2,9269#1,09835
1934#3,1598#1,18931
1933#3,1098#96143
1932#3,2748#1,05640
1931#4,3315#1,01543
1930#4,0476#96749
1929#3,6827#87857
1928#95051
1927#4,8055#89258
1926#2,87211#93153
1925#4,4266#95650
1924#2,21217#95254
1923#80369
1922#2,29116#92856
1921#3,16410#85665
1920#94753
1919#3,2199#92752
1918#2,82211#78968
1917#3,0929#78464
1916#3,9196#72469
1915#4,2745#82355
1914#3,6185#80243
1913#2,1649#89730
1912#2,9795#71336
1911#2,1916#79317
1910#70718
1909#1,9576#95110
1908#9469
1907
1906#1,5537#70912
1905#1,2335
1904#72311
1903#1,0096
1902#1,0136
1901#1,0585
1900
1899#7149
1898#7449
1897#7259
1896#72210
1895#68510
1894#59412
1893#8367
1892#9566
1891#9635
1890#8147
1889#9745
1888#8157
1887#7527
1886#6479
1885#7008
1884
1883#6778
1882#57611
1881#6538
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Llewellyn was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Llewellyn is popular in 1911

No state had 5 or more boys named Llewellyn in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Llewellyn
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 861 spots since 2024 (#6,469#5,608)
  • 688 spots since 2020 (#6,296#5,608)
  • 3,136 spots since 2015 (#8,744#5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 524 spots in 1906 (#1,233#709)
  • Biggest drop: 510 spots in 1905 (#723#1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #576 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1908–1930
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,647
  • Highest: 1 in 9,647 boys born in 1894 were named Llewellyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #576 in 1882, was only 1 in 10,335 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.6% of all boys named Llewellyn (566) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s72#576 (1882)#715
1890s84#594 (1894)#775
1900s64#709 (1906)#955
1910s452#707 (1910)#796
1920s566#803 (1923)#909
1930s407#906 (1936)#1,026
1940s369#935 (1944)#1,137
1950s421#1,056 (1956)#1,159
1960s326#1,131 (1960)#1,398
1970s232#1,508 (1972)#2,083
1980s159#2,426 (1982)#3,047
1990s73#4,167 (1990)#6,726
2000s36#6,316 (2000)#10,556
2010s81#7,087 (2010)#8,970
2020s72#5,608 (2025)#7,045

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Llewellyn in 1911

girls
#2,191
6 births · 1 in 69,718 girls
boys
#793
17 births · 1 in 13,292 boys

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #2,191Llewellyn6

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #793Llewellyn17
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 69,718 of them was named Llewellyn, which outranked 23.6% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Llewellyn
  1. #1,956Wyona7
  2. #1,956Yolande7
  3. #1,956Zeffie7
  4. #2,191Llewellyn6
  5. #2,191Adelaida6
  6. #2,191Adria6
  7. #2,191Agueda6
  8. #2,463Adalene5
  9. #2,463Addis5
  10. #2,463Adia5

Tied with 271 names at #2,191; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 1,003Laurette#1,935#932
  2. 683Glenda#1,521#838
  3. 680Ana#1,421#741
  4. 623Vilma#1,521#898
  5. 523Emmaline#1,421#898
Fallers
  1. 1,194Alys#997#2,191
  2. 959Leana#997#1,956
  3. 686Coletta#859#1,545
  4. 686Blossom#970#1,656
  5. 659Otis#997#1,656

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 13,292 of them was named Llewellyn, which outranked 60.3% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Llewellyn
  1. #759Smith18
  2. #759Vicente18
  3. #759Washington18
  4. #793Llewellyn17
  5. #793Acie17
  6. #793Antoine17
  7. #793Arch17
  8. #824Adelbert16
  9. #824Alvah16
  10. #824Arvid16

Tied with 30 names at #793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 900Vincenzo#1,589#689
  2. 900Wyman#1,589#689
  3. 882Rodger#1,589#707
  4. 796Cedric#1,589#793
  5. 796Hughie#1,589#793
Fallers
  1. 881Bertha#859#1,740
  2. 881Arlo#859#1,740
  3. 831Shelton#556#1,387
  4. 812Guss#928#1,740
  5. 812Halley#928#1,740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1911