Gwendolynn
- #4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,454since 1921
Gwendolynn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Gwendolynn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,172 | 34 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,915 | 36 |
| 2019 | #3,851 | 38 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #4,196 | 36 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
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| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
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| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
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| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five girls were named Gwendolynn! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gwendolynn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Indiana#1,032 · 1 in 5,582
Best ever in a state: #957 in Missouri, 2019.
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| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,271 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #4,172)
- 257 spots since 2020 (#3,915 → #4,172)
- 1,116 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #4,172)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1956 at #1,931 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 3 yrs 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 39,136
- Highest: 1 in 39,136 girls born in 2023 were named Gwendolynn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,931 in 1956, was only 1 in 64,765 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 19.9% of all girls named Gwendolynn (290) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 30 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,406 |
| 1930s | 20 | #3,159 (1934) | #3,614 |
| 1940s | 88 | #2,514 (1949) | #3,375 |
| 1950s | 202 | #1,931 (1956) | #2,535 |
| 1960s | 120 | #2,904 (1960) | #3,988 |
| 1970s | 131 | #3,514 (1975) | #4,902 |
| 1980s | 92 | #4,884 (1983) | #7,439 |
| 1990s | 86 | #6,976 (1991) | #8,638 |
| 2000s | 205 | #4,196 (2009) | #6,246 |
| 2010s | 290 | #3,769 (2017) | #4,899 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,709 (2023) | #4,467 |
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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