News: Most popular Welsh baby names

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Haven't chosen a name yet? See below the most popular Welsh names from the Top 100 Baby Boy and Girl lists that were released by the Office for National Statistics in September 2018. Cymraeg Rank = the most popular Welsh language names. Wales Rank = the rank of the Welsh name in the full list of the names of new babies in Wales. In the (brackets) is the change in rank from the previous year, and in the 'Count' column is the exact number of babies born in Wales with the particularname.

Name	Cymraeg Rank	Wales Rank	Count		Name	Cymraeg Rank	Wales Rank	Count
Erin	1	24 (-9)	91		Dylan	1	16 (0)	150
Ffion	2	27 (-2)	88		Harri	2	18 (+4)	127
Seren	3	33 (-17)	78		Osian	3	22 (+5)	115
Megan	4	34 (-3)	77		Arthur	4	23 (+31)	114
Mali	5	41 (+7)	71		Elis	5	44 (+22)	70
Alys	6	53 (-9)	57		Jac	6	52 (-5)	64
Nia	7	62 (+16)	48		Rhys	6	52 (-7)	64
Cadi	8	65 (+13)	44		Tomos	8	55 (-16)	61
Eira	8	65 (+5)	44		Cai	9	58 (+6)	59
Lowri	10	70 (+17)	41		Morgan	10	60 (-4)	58
Efa	11	74 (+45)	40		Ioan	11	70 (+1)	52
Elin	12	79 (+58)	37		Macsen	11	70 (+5)	52
Nansi	13	83 (+59)	36		Owen	13	76 (-11)	48
Eleri	14	85 (+25)	34		Hari	14	83 (+21)	38
Gwen	14	85 (+34)	44		Gruffydd	15	91 (+70)	36
Lili	16	93 (+20)	30		Lewis	16	100 (-17)	35

The following Biblical names, which are also considered Welsh by many, are also included in the Top 100: Jacob, Caleb, Daniel a Martha.

• Top 100 Names for Baby Boys born in Wales - 2017 (.xls)
• Top 100 Names for Baby Girls born in Wales - 2017 (.xls)

Below is a a Word cloud using the 2016 data.