The Top Welsh Baby Names For Boys
This article is old - Published: Monday, Aug 17th, 2015
The official list of top baby names for Wales have been released by the Office of National Statistics – the full list is below for boys…
The data is from last year (2014) and records names registered for births in Wales.
The biggest climber was Ifan, with Cody and Macsen (Welsh for Maximus) also rising in popularity. Oliver was still top with 361 babies sharing that name.
The list for girls can be found here!
| Wales Rank | Name | How Manny | Move since 2013 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLIVER | 361 | _ | 1 |
| 2 | JACOB | 317 | _ | 4 |
| 3 | JACK | 252 | _ | 2 |
| 4 | NOAH | 247 | +2 | 11 |
| 5 | CHARLIE | 245 | -1 | 5 |
| 6 | WILLIAM | 222 | +2 | 10 |
| 7 | ALFIE | 215 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | DYLAN | 215 | +3 | 36 |
| 7 | LOGAN | 215 | +6 | 24 |
| 10 | LEO | 211 | +5 | 16 |
| 10 | OSCAR | 211 | +2 | 8 |
| 12 | HARRY | 207 | -5 | 3 |
| 13 | JAMES | 189 | +4 | 9 |
| 14 | THOMAS | 188 | _ | 6 |
| 15 | MASON | 178 | -5 | 31 |
| 16 | JOSEPH | 170 | +7 | 22 |
| 17 | GEORGE | 151 | +2 | 7 |
| 18 | ARCHIE | 145 | +9 | 17 |
| 18 | ETHAN | 145 | -2 | 19 |
| 20 | THEO | 144 | +6 | 38 |
| 21 | JOSHUA | 138 | -1 | 12 |
| 22 | SAMUEL | 136 | _ | 21 |
| 23 | FINLEY | 134 | +1 | 35 |
| 24 | ISAAC | 132 | +11 | 25 |
| 25 | RILEY | 130 | -17 | 34 |
| 26 | LUCAS | 127 | -9 | 30 |
| 27 | MAX | 123 | +2 | 27 |
| 28 | HARRI | 120 | +1 | 838 |
| 28 | HARRISON | 120 | +4 | 32 |
| 28 | JAKE | 120 | _ | 33 |
| 31 | OSIAN | 117 | _ | 1071 |
| 32 | HENRY | 111 | +11 | 15 |
| 33 | DANIEL | 110 | -8 | 23 |
| 34 | OLLIE | 108 | +14 | 78 |
| 35 | HARLEY | 105 | +2 | 45 |
| 36 | RHYS | 104 | -3 | 135 |
| 37 | EVAN | 103 | +1 | 119 |
| 38 | FREDDIE | 96 | +23 | 18 |
| 38 | JAC | 96 | +1 | 1755 |
| 40 | JAYDEN | 92 | -7 | 44 |
| 41 | MORGAN | 88 | -5 | 234 |
| 42 | KIAN | 85 | +21 | 57 |
| 43 | ALEXANDER | 84 | -3 | 20 |
| 44 | TOMOS | 80 | -3 | 1269 |
| 44 | TYLER | 80 | -23 | 50 |
| 46 | BENJAMIN | 79 | -4 | 28 |
| 47 | BLAKE | 78 | +18 | 61 |
| 48 | SEBASTIAN | 77 | +3 | 37 |
| 49 | ELLIS | 74 | +7 | 103 |
| 50 | ZACHARY | 71 | _ | 41 |
| 51 | JENSON | 69 | -6 | 65 |
| 52 | TOBY | 68 | _ | 42 |
| 53 | LUCA | 65 | +28 | 58 |
| 53 | REUBEN | 65 | +6 | 53 |
| 55 | ELIJAH | 64 | +14 | 55 |
| 56 | HARVEY | 63 | -8 | 48 |
| 57 | EDWARD | 62 | +18 | 29 |
| 58 | CALEB | 61 | +28 | 97 |
| 58 | DEXTER | 61 | -14 | 75 |
| 58 | LEWIS | 61 | -12 | 47 |
| 61 | CAI | 59 | -5 | 1012 |
| 61 | CARTER | 59 | +13 | 124 |
| 61 | CODY | 59 | +49* | 123 |
| 64 | CONNOR | 58 | +1 | 81 |
| 65 | IOAN | 54 | -6 | 917 |
| 66 | ELIS | 53 | +1 | 1269 |
| 66 | OWEN | 53 | -11 | 93 |
| 68 | ADAM | 51 | +1 | 39 |
| 69 | KAI | 50 | -7 | 77 |
| 69 | RYAN | 50 | -17 | 69 |
| 71 | ELI | 49 | +20 | 127 |
| 71 | GETHIN | 49 | -24 | 917 |
| 73 | TOMMY | 47 | -4 | 54 |
| 74 | DAVID | 46 | -10 | 49 |
| 74 | JAXON | 46 | +3 | 122 |
| 74 | LOUIE | 46 | +23 | 67 |
| 74 | ROWAN | 46 | +12 | 128 |
| 78 | JACKSON | 45 | -1 | 104 |
| 78 | LEON | 45 | +6 | 88 |
| 78 | MACSEN | 45 | +46* | 1421 |
| 81 | ALEX | 44 | -14 | 73 |
| 81 | CIAN | 44 | _ | 319 |
| 81 | LIAM | 44 | -29 | 74 |
| 81 | LUKE | 44 | -23 | 43 |
| 85 | ARTHUR | 42 | -16 | 40 |
| 86 | IFAN | 40 | +62* | : |
| 86 | LOUIS | 40 | +33* | 68 |
| 88 | BAILEY | 39 | +5 | 109 |
| 88 | COLE | 39 | +52* | 180 |
| 88 | MATTHEW | 39 | -13 | 46 |
| 88 | MOHAMMED | 39 | -11 | 26 |
| 92 | CALLUM | 38 | +7 | 83 |
| 92 | ELLIOT | 38 | +13* | 84 |
| 92 | ELLIOTT | 38 | +51* | 72 |
| 92 | IEUAN | 38 | -2 | 1313 |
| 92 | OWAIN | 38 | -1 | 1269 |
| 92 | ZAC | 38 | -11 | 161 |
| 98 | COREY | 37 | -29 | 162 |
| 98 | JESSE | 37 | +12* | 113 |
| 98 | MUHAMMAD | 37 | +3* | 14 |
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