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.
Where Llewellyn is popular in 1945
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#406 · 1 in 11,735
Best ever in a state: #98 in Hawaii, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #406 | 7 | 1 in 11,735 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 53,834 of them was named Llewellyn, which outranked 64.9% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,296Sheridan26
- #1,296Vinson26
- #1,296Winton26
- #1,327Llewellyn25
- #1,327Alice25
- #1,327Amado25
- #1,327Arnoldo25
- #1,349Baldemar24
- #1,349Bernice24
- #1,349Cecilio24
Tied with 21 names at #1,327; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.