Owyn

Owyn was the #5,608 boys' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies).

Owyn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Owyn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Owyn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,608 (16)——
2024#4,200 (25)#3,689 (5)—
2023#4,610 (22)——
2022#3,464 (33)#4,790 (3)—
2021#3,582 (31)——
2020#4,426 (22)——
2019#4,003 (26)#4,702 (3)—
2018#4,354 (23)—#2,740 (5)
2017#3,993 (26)#2,734 (7)#2,198 (7)
2016#2,661 (46)#2,556 (8)#2,428 (6)
2015#2,600 (47)#2,150 (10)#2,387 (6)
2014#2,622 (46)#3,895 (4)#2,133 (7)
2013#2,528 (48)#4,685 (3)#2,606 (5)
2012#2,415 (52)#3,039 (6)#1,971 (8)
2011#2,504 (49)#2,194 (9)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #2,415.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.
  • In 2024, 17% of US babies named Owyn were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Owyn is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 80,000 to 1 in 160,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OwynCanadaBoys—too few
OwynEngland & WalesBoys—too few
OwynNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
OwynUSGirls—too few
OwynUSBoys#5,60816