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Girl name

Olwen

100% girls · 12 born in 2025

Olwen has been registered 183 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales183
Born in 202512

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Olwen per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2023 · 16
  • Born in 202512
  • All time183
  • England & Wales, 202512

How popular is Olwen?

Olwen was given to 12 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 2023, with 16 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Olwen

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Golden0.75
  2. Rowen0.70
  3. Coleen0.66
  4. Colleen0.64
  5. Joleen0.66
  6. Ellen0.62
  7. Gwen0.62
  8. Jorden0.62

Middle names for Olwen

Ranked by flow score
  1. Olwen Anne0.81
  2. Olwen Catherine0.78
  3. Olwen Josephine0.78
  4. Olwen Rose0.77
  5. Olwen Marie0.77
  6. Olwen Grace0.77

Sibling names for Olwen

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Bennybrother · 0.92
  2. Alyasister · 0.91
  3. Kendrickbrother · 0.91
  4. Mablisister · 0.91
  5. Leonorasister · 0.91
  6. Rudrabrother · 0.91

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1998
  2. Peak year2023 · 16
  3. Years recorded22 of 30
  4. All time183

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Olwen Anderson0.77
  2. Olwen White0.72
  3. Olwen Moore0.72
  4. Olwen Hill0.72
  5. Olwen Hall0.72
  6. Olwen Brown0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Olwen

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020
  3. France1900–2025

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.