Gwilym is a distinctive choice, ranked #1595 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Gwilym in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1595
About the Name Gwilym
Gwilym has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 365 places in five years. It was most popular in 2000 at #1002 β parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Gwilym is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Gwilym
Unlikely. With around 16 UK babies named Gwilym per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Gwilym in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Gwilym has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 365 places in the last five years. Its peak was #1002 in 2000. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Gwilym 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 Gwilym include: Gwilym Simcock β Gwilym Simcock is a Welsh pianist and composer working in both jazz and classical music.; Meinir Gwilym β Meinir Elin Gwilym is a Welsh-language pop and folk singer.; Gwilym Bradley β Gwilym Bradley is a Welsh rugby union player who most recently played for Cardiff Rugby as a flanker..
Gwilym does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Gwilyms in the wild.
16
UK babies named Gwilym (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 365 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Gwilym
Likely around 1 other Gwilym in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Gwilym
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Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies, Baron Prys-Davies was a Welsh solicitor and Labour activist. He was a pioneer of the use of the Welsh language in the courts, and in 1982 he was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer and became the first member to take the oath of allegiance in Welsh.
Gwilym Simcock is a Welsh pianist and composer working in both jazz and classical music. He was chosen as one of the 1000 Most Influential People in London by the Evening Standard in 2009.
Meinir Elin Gwilym is a Welsh-language pop and folk singer. Raised in Llangristiolus, Anglesey, she released her first EP, "SmΓ΄cs, Coffi a Fodca Rhad" in 2002.
Gwilym Peter Lewis is a British botanist, a curator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a leading expert on neotropical Leguminosae. The standard author abbreviation G.P.Lewis is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Gwilym ap Tudur was a Welsh nobleman and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd. In 1401, he and his brother Rhys ap Tudur took Conwy Castle after infiltrating it, in support of their cousin Owain GlyndΕ΅r.
Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, , later hyphenated Lloyd-George, was a Welsh politician and cabinet minister. The younger son of David Lloyd George, he served as Home Secretary from 1954 to 1957.