Elwyn

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A few things about Elwyn you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Elwyn

Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp

American mathematician (1940-2019)

Choose Elwyn and your child shares a first name with Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp, an American mathematician. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Elwyn, like who?” Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp's Wikipedia article is available in 25 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Thane Plambeck from Palo Alto, California, CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 322,581 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Elwyn, 5 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Elwyn would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryElwyn first shows up in US birth records in 1893, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 132 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1912, when it ranked #2,979. Today it's #14,942, so it could be due a comeback.
• ⚖️Boy or girlElwyn is given to both boys and girls: 72% of the 18 babies named Elwyn in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Elwyn

Elwyn is a girl name of English and Welsh origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with E and ending in “-wyn”. US birth records list Elwyn for girls from 1912 to 2025, in 19 of those 114 years. Its best year was 1912, when it ranked #2,979 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #14,942, with 5 babies.

Origin:English namesWelsh names