Gwendolen
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 889since 1903
Gwendolen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Gwendolen has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1903
The first year at least five girls were named Gwendolen! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1908, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Gwendolen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Gwendolen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Gwendolen
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 893 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #8,860)
- 2,535 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #8,860)
- 3,879 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1903 at #1,592 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 43,662
- Highest: 1 in 43,662 girls born in 1903 were named Gwendolen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 23.5% of all girls named Gwendolen (209) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,592 (1903) | #1,775 |
| 1910s | 28 | #1,956 (1911) | #3,293 |
| 1920s | 33 | #3,269 (1926) | #4,196 |
| 1930s | 21 | #3,156 (1935) | #3,533 |
| 1940s | 19 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,332 |
| 1950s | 76 | #2,530 (1956) | #4,274 |
| 1960s | 157 | #2,094 (1966) | #3,743 |
| 1970s | 209 | #2,296 (1971) | #3,494 |
| 1980s | 41 | #5,912 (1980) | #7,613 |
| 1990s | 16 | #11,409 (1990) | #13,016 |
| 2000s | 40 | #10,921 (2005) | #14,025 |
| 2010s | 157 | #4,981 (2015) | #8,450 |
| 2020s | 80 | #6,325 (2020) | #8,075 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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