Llewyn
Llewyn was the 4205th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2341st; the most babies were born in 2022 (58). Over the last ten years it has moved down 869 places. More babies were named Llewyn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,205 boys, down 1,602 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202258 babies
- Total since 1880
- 553babies recorded
Llewyn popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 11 since 2022.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #4,205 | 25 |
| 2020 | #2,603 | 49 |
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How popular is Llewyn, counting every spelling?
Llewyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 42 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 42 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llewyn | 25 | #4,205 | 226 |
| Lewin | 17 | #5,515 | 76 |
| Lewyn | — | — | 35 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Llewyn?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Llewyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Llewyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Llewyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Llewyn?
About 500 people born in the US named Llewyn are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 9. That makes Llewyn a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Llewyn by state
How common Llewyn was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Llewyn: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Llewyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Llewyn
How popular is the name Llewyn?
Llewyn was the 4205th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2341st; the most babies were born in 2022 (58). Over the last ten years it has moved down 869 places. More babies were named Llewyn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Llewyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Llewyn in the US.
Where is Llewyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Llewyn was most common in New York (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Illinois and California.