UK girl's name
Ceinwen
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2017. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Ceinwen is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Ceinwen popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2017 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3229, with 7 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 7 births.
This profile covers 67 England and Wales registrations across 15 recorded years from 1996 to 2017. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
Ceinwen is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 67 living people in the UK are called Ceinwen. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2018 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Ceinwen ranked #3229 for girls in England and Wales in 2017, with 7 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 7 girls were registered as Ceinwen.
- • About 67 living people in the UK are estimated to have Ceinwen as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3229
2017
Births in 2017
7
Latest year
Peak year
2017
7 births
Estimated living
67
2026
Popularity
Ceinwen over time
The chart below shows babies named Ceinwen registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2017. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Ceinwen, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 7 births in 2017, compared with 7 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ceinwen by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Ceinwen was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #4243 | 15 | 3 |
| 2000s | #3887 | 43 | 10 |
| 1990s | #3103 | 9 | 2 |
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FAQ
Ceinwen: questions and answers
How popular is the name Ceinwen in the UK right now?
In 2017, Ceinwen was ranked #3229 for girls in England and Wales, with 7 births registered.
When was Ceinwen most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 7 babies registered as Ceinwen in England and Wales.
How many people are called Ceinwen in the UK?
A total of 67 babies have been registered as Ceinwen across the 15 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.