Gethin

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Welsh

Gethin first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 19 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 159 babies (rank #272 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Gethin

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gethin yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,584

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

159

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	38	#484
1998	46	#453
2000	30	#620
2001	32	#593
2002	45	#484
2003	54	#454
2004	43	#579
2005	78	#388
2006	80	#419
2007	106	#345
2008	159	#272
2009	150	#290
2010	135	#326
2011	135	#329
2012	120	#361
2013	114	#358
2014	79	#497
2015	67	#563
2016	73	#534