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
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,414since 1880
Llewellyn over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,536 | 19 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,514 | 32 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,508 | 32 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,668 | 28 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,615 | 28 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,767 | 22 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,388 | 30 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,350 | 34 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,238 | 39 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,295 | 36 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,303 | 37 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,131 | 48 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,129 | 47 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,204 | 41 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #1,117 | 47 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,056 | 51 |
| 1955 | — | #1,114 | 44 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,151 | 42 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,261 | 35 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,094 | 44 |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,168 | 38 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,128 | 39 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,231 | 34 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,159 | 39 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,327 | 25 | |
| 1944 | — | #935 | 47 | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #1,119 | 37 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #982 | 43 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #951 | 44 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #922 | 46 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #906 | 46 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,098 | 35 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #1,189 | 31 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #967 | 49 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #878 | 57 |
| 1928 | — | #950 | 51 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #892 | 58 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #931 | 53 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | #952 | 54 |
| 1923 | — | #803 | 69 | |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #928 | 56 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #856 | 65 |
| 1920 | — | #947 | 53 | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #927 | 52 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #789 | 68 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #784 | 64 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #724 | 69 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #823 | 55 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #802 | 43 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #897 | 30 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #713 | 36 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
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.
See more about Llewellyn
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #576 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1908–1930
- 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
- 16.6% of all boys named Llewellyn (566) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 72 | #576 (1882) | #715 |
| 1890s | 84 | #594 (1894) | #775 |
| 1900s | 64 | #709 (1906) | #955 |
| 1910s | 452 | #707 (1910) | #796 |
| 1920s | 566 | #803 (1923) | #909 |
| 1930s | 407 | #906 (1936) | #1,026 |
| 1940s | 369 | #935 (1944) | #1,137 |
| 1950s | 421 | #1,056 (1956) | #1,159 |
| 1960s | 326 | #1,131 (1960) | #1,398 |
| 1970s | 232 | #1,508 (1972) | #2,083 |
| 1980s | 159 | #2,426 (1982) | #3,047 |
| 1990s | 73 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,726 |
| 2000s | 36 | #6,316 (2000) | #10,556 |
| 2010s | 81 | #7,087 (2010) | #8,970 |
| 2020s | 72 | #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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 123,306 of them was named Llewellyn, which outranked 46.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,941Zilla11
- #2,941Zillah11
- #2,941Zulema11
- #3,164Llewellyn10
- #3,164Adalene10
- #3,164Adelfa10
- #3,164Ala10
- #3,400Adalyn9
- #3,400Adelyne9
- #3,400Adina9
Tied with 235 names at #3,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 16,945 of them was named Llewellyn, which outranked 82.8% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #849Parker66
- #849Reese66
- #849Toshio66
- #856Llewellyn65
- #856Adelbert65
- #856Ardell65
- #856Ivy65
- #868Beryl64
- #868Bradley64
- #868Burnell64
Tied with 11 names at #856; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.