Alwyn is a distinctive choice, ranked #1758 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Alwyn in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1758
About the Name Alwyn
Alwyn is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 646 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1458 in 1996 โ and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1996.
Alwyn is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school โ standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Alwyn
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Alwyn per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Alwyn in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Alwyn is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 646 places over the last five years to #1758 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Alwyn is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Alwyn include: Alwyn Davey Jr. โ Alwyn Davey Jr.; Alwyn Davey โ Alwyn Davey is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2007 and 2013.; Alwyn Uytingco โ Cipriano Alwyn Sumulong Uytingco III, better known as Alwyn Uytingco, is a Filipino actor..
Alwyn does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Alwyns in the wild.
14
UK babies named Alwyn (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 646 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Alwyn
Likely around 1 other Alwyn in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Alwyn Davey Jr. is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Alwyn Davey is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2007 and 2013.
William Alwyn, was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher who composed over 200 cinematic scores, of which some 70 were for full-length features, as well as number of operas, concertos and symphonies. Alwyn's wartime work in particular was to lead him to be placed on a Nazi death list.
Kenneth Alwyn Wetherell was a British conductor, composer, and writer. Described by BBC Radio 3 as "one of the great British musical directors", Alwyn was known for his many recordings, including with the London Symphony Orchestra on Decca's first stereophonic recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
Alwyn Crendall Cashe was a United States Army senior non-commissioned officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Iraq. On November 10, 2020, the United States Congress voted to upgrade Cashe's initially awarded Silver Star to the Medal of Honor.
Alwyn Louis Schlebusch was a South African politician, the only holder of the title Vice State President of South Africa from 1 January 1981 to 14 September 1984. He was an Afrikaner with a surname of German origin.
Alwyn MacArchill was a mid-12th-century man who appears in numerous charters of the Kings of Scots. He, and his son, held the office of rannairโa distributor of the food and provisionsโto the King of Scots.