Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Hywel

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Hywel

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #588, 28 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3239, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20256
20246
20237
20226
20216
20206
20194
20188
20176
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence