Gwendoline

Peak · girls
1903 · 9 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
358
since 1893

Gwendoline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gwendoline has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,204, 1903girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#9,55610
2023#8,98911
2022#10,3839
2021#12,2067
2020#12,1427
2019#10,4739
2018#9,80610
2017#15,9025
2016#9,41111
2015—
2014#14,5586
2013#16,5475
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2007#13,9247
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1998#11,1387
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1992#13,3175
1991#13,1475
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1974#7,6806
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1965#5,2897
1964#5,4747
1963—
1962#5,8606
1961#4,8828
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1959#5,0317
1958—
1957#5,3776
1956#5,3256
1955#3,77810
1954#4,6557
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1948#3,8838
1947#3,7069
1946#4,4176
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1930#4,5505
1929#4,0536
1928#4,7255
1927#4,8055
1926#3,8737
1925#3,3629
1924#2,66113
1923#4,9675
1922#3,6558
1921#3,6668
1920#4,9755
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1918#3,8697
1917#3,7137
1916#3,9196
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1914#3,6185
1913#2,8276
1912#2,6346
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1908#2,1015
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1903#1,2049
1902#1,5946
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1898#1,7005
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1893#1,4375
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five girls were named Gwendoline! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Gwendoline is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Gwendoline in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Gwendoline
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,361 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #10,917)
  • 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1903 at #1,204 (9 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 29,108
  • Highest: 1 in 29,108 girls born in 1903 were named Gwendoline (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.8% of all girls named Gwendoline (71) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#1,437 (1893)#1,569
1900s20#1,204 (1903)#1,633
1910s37#2,634 (1912)#3,430
1920s71#2,661 (1924)#4,074
1930s5#4,550 (1930)#4,550
1940s23#3,706 (1947)#4,002
1950s36#3,778 (1955)#4,833
1960s28#4,882 (1961)#5,376
1970s6#7,680 (1974)#7,680
1980s0——
1990s17#11,138 (1998)#12,534
2000s7#13,924 (2007)#13,924
2010s46#9,411 (2016)#12,783
2020s52#8,989 (2023)#10,699

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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