Emlyn

Where Emlyn comes from

The dictionaries list Emlyn as a given name — a male given name from Welsh — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Welsh
Along the way
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #5,148 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1954
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2018
    Peak, #3,918
    37 babies named Emlyn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2022
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,032.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Emlyn hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.