Meaning not yet researched.
Llewellyn: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 16 in 2025. Its best rank was #594 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #594 in 1882; #5,749 in 2025. About 59% of babies named Llewellyn in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,749 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #594.
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Llewellyn: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 16 boys in 2025. Peak: #594 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 69 (1923).
In 2025, 16 US boys were named Llewellyn, making it the 5,749th most common boys’ name of the year, up 933 places from #6,682 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 13 boys named Llewellyn in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #594, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 69, in 1923. For comparison, it was #9,240 in 2015 and #1,173 in 1950.
In 2025, 11 US girls were named Llewellyn, making it the 9,223rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 5,310 places from #14,533 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 6 girls named Llewellyn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,649, reached in 1906. The most girls given the name in a single year was 17, in 1924. For comparison, it was #12,506 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Llewellyn in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 3,755 US babies have been given the name, 9.1% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 638 babies named Llewellyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 104 US boys were named Llewellyn; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 16. In 2025 that was about 1 in 106,755 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Lewellyn and Llewelyn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lewellyn (339), Llewelyn (188).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Llewellyn in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #9,223 | 16 | #5,749 |
| 2024 | 6 | #14,533 | 13 | #6,682 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,909 | 10 | #8,041 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,817 | 7 | #10,433 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,960 | 13 | #6,541 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,423 | 13 | #6,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,020 | 8 | #9,407 |
| 2018 | — | — | 7 | #10,322 |
| 2017 | — | — | 10 | #7,919 |
| 2016 | — | — | 7 | #10,316 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,506 | 8 | #9,240 |
| 2014 | — | — | 7 | #10,308 |
| 2013 | — | — | 5 | #13,291 |
| 2012 | — | — | 10 | #7,907 |
| 2011 | — | — | 8 | #9,281 |
| 2010 | — | — | 11 | #7,389 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,654 | 5 | #13,788 |
| 2006 | — | — | 5 | #13,231 |
| 2005 | — | — | 5 | #12,589 |
| 2004 | — | — | 5 | #12,473 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #10,359 |
| 2000 | — | — | 10 | #6,639 |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #6,880 |
| 1997 | — | — | 6 | #8,831 |
| 1996 | — | — | 7 | #7,650 |
| 1995 | — | — | 11 | #5,370 |
| 1994 | — | — | 11 | #5,307 |
| 1993 | — | — | 5 | #9,597 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #8,044 |
| 1991 | — | — | 5 | #9,067 |
| 1990 | — | — | 13 | #4,311 |
| 1989 | — | — | 18 | #3,280 |
| 1988 | — | — | 14 | #3,630 |
| 1987 | — | — | 16 | #3,142 |
| 1986 | — | — | 14 | #3,368 |
| 1985 | — | — | 16 | #3,031 |
| 1984 | — | — | 10 | #4,098 |
| 1983 | — | — | 17 | #2,747 |
| 1982 | — | — | 20 | #2,481 |
| 1981 | — | — | 15 | #2,977 |
| 1980 | — | — | 19 | #2,584 |
| 1979 | — | — | 17 | #2,729 |
| 1978 | — | — | 17 | #2,621 |
| 1977 | — | — | 19 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | — | — | 16 | #2,665 |
| 1975 | — | — | 15 | #2,713 |
| 1974 | — | — | 28 | #1,731 |
| 1973 | — | — | 32 | #1,532 |
| 1972 | — | — | 32 | #1,527 |
| 1971 | — | — | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1970 | — | — | 28 | #1,643 |
| 1969 | — | — | 22 | #1,790 |
| 1968 | — | — | 27 | #1,531 |
| 1967 | — | — | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1966 | — | — | 27 | #1,497 |
| 1965 | — | — | 26 | #1,544 |
| 1964 | — | — | 34 | #1,363 |
| 1963 | — | — | 39 | #1,247 |
| 1962 | — | — | 36 | #1,303 |
| 1961 | — | — | 37 | #1,313 |
| 1960 | — | — | 48 | #1,137 |
| 1959 | — | — | 47 | #1,134 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,191 | 41 | #1,216 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,786 | 47 | #1,122 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,482 | 51 | #1,063 |
| 1955 | — | — | 44 | #1,128 |
| 1954 | — | — | 42 | #1,159 |
| 1953 | — | — | 35 | #1,272 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,254 | 44 | #1,102 |
| 1951 | — | — | 32 | #1,322 |
| 1950 | — | — | 38 | #1,173 |
| 1949 | — | — | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1948 | — | — | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1947 | — | — | 39 | #1,169 |
| 1946 | — | — | 38 | #1,138 |
| 1945 | — | — | 25 | #1,338 |
| 1944 | — | — | 47 | #942 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,678 | 27 | #1,353 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,326 | 37 | #1,131 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,421 | 40 | #1,029 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,743 | 43 | #989 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,050 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,072 | 44 | #957 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,648 | 46 | #927 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,574 | 46 | #912 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,059 | 35 | #1,115 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,334 | 31 | #1,206 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,275 | 43 | #974 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,451 | 40 | #1,070 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,711 | 43 | #1,021 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,322 | 49 | #969 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,888 | 57 | #881 |
| 1928 | — | — | 51 | #959 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,259 | 58 | #894 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,972 | 53 | #940 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,722 | 50 | #966 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,264 | 54 | #957 |
| 1923 | — | — | 69 | #812 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,345 | 56 | #935 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,291 | 65 | #860 |
| 1920 | — | — | 53 | #957 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,349 | 52 | #933 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,928 | 68 | #794 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,240 | 64 | #788 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,178 | 69 | #729 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,660 | 55 | #828 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,943 | 43 | #809 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,249 | 30 | #909 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,226 | 36 | #720 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,346 | 17 | #808 |
| 1910 | — | — | 18 | #722 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,105 | 10 | #990 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #993 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,649 | 12 | #733 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1904 | — | — | 11 | #745 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,083 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,092 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,145 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #758 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #785 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #762 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #757 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #727 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #613 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #883 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,031 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #851 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #880 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #798 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #673 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #739 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #702 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #594 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #680 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #665 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).