girls:
73 births since 2006
#5643 (1st percentile)
boys:
734 births since 1997
#3853 (16th percentile)
overall:
807 births since 1997
#6932 (10th percentile)
The name Owyn is the #6,932 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 807 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 10.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,853 (15.9% percentile) for all time with 734 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,643 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 73 births since 2006.
Owyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Owyn is available in 26 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (26 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Owyn has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 71.0% of babies named Owyn were boys.
For boys, Owyn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #853) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Owyn ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 46.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Owyn reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #956) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Owyn is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #943 (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Owyn".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Owyn", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 9 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Owen" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Owen..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Owyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.4% confident that Owyn is pronounced as OH-ihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OH-een, at 20.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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