Gwyn

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls 87.6% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · girls
1962 · 129 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,115
since 1922

Gwyn over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #934, 1962peak #2,127, 1935girlsboys
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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710—
2024#8,44312—
2023#8,05513—
2022#9,68010—
2021#15,2515—
2020#11,0908—
2019#8,59712—
2018#10,5459—
2017#9,34111—
2016#9,41111—
2015#10,14810—
2014#10,9559—
2013#14,5826—
2012——
2011#13,3477—
2010#9,23112—
2009#11,4599—
2008#9,47612—
2007#10,81810—
2006#6,35620—
2005#9,45211—
2004#10,6909—
2003#6,57617—
2002#8,83711—
2001#11,0208—
2000——
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994——
1993#11,7806—
1992#13,3175—
1991#11,5096—
1990#12,9585—
1989——
1988#9,2447—
1987——
1986#10,9125—
1985#9,3076—
1984#10,4225—
1983#8,0477—
1982#6,8889—
1981#5,25413—
1980#4,97814—
1979#3,33324—
1978#4,24216#5,7725
1977#4,06917—
1976#3,00224—
1975#3,51419—
1974#3,42619—
1973#2,40531—
1972#2,68026—
1971#2,10739—
1970#1,85947#3,8367
1969#2,20833—
1968#1,94038—
1967#2,21229—
1966#1,82739#3,5376
1965#1,67245—
1964#1,19086—
1963#1,065102#3,3187
1962#934129#3,6406
1961#963125—
1960#1,073100#4,0385
1959#1,26272#3,2907
1958#1,90833#3,2757
1957#1,62844—
1956#2,05828—
1955#1,48047#3,5056
1954#1,24963—
1953#1,56539#3,1437
1952#1,43945#3,3736
1951#1,46241#3,3646
1950#1,67931—
1949#1,33547#2,45310
1948#1,70830#3,3166
1947#1,72231#3,0967
1946#2,31817—
1945#2,23715#2,9966
1944#2,51113#2,30910
1943#2,15117#2,9647
1942#2,41614—
1941#2,53212#2,4919
1940#2,42412#2,4789
1939#2,41712#2,15911
1938#2,73010#2,4799
1937#1,99916#3,5185
1936#2,38612#3,1476
1935#2,73110#2,12712
1934#2,9239—
1933#2,8689#2,21411
1932#3,2748#3,0927
1931—#2,8648
1930#3,3458#2,7819
1929#2,92110#3,2477
1928#3,4368—
1927#4,2866#3,7806
1926—#4,2015
1925#4,0287#3,7416
1924—#2,64111
1923#4,3766#3,4677
1922#5,0095—
1921——
1920—#3,2088
1919—#2,8779
1918—#2,39812
1917——
1916—#3,8975
1915—#3,3926
1914——
1913——
1912——
1911——
1910——
1909——
1908——
1907——
1906——
1905——
1904——
1903——
1902——
1901——
1900——
1899——
1898——
1897——
1896——
1895——
1894——
1893——
1892——
1891——
1890——
1889——
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1922

The first year at least five girls were named Gwyn! It came in at #5,009, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1924, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Gwyn is popular in 1922

No state had 5 or more girls named Gwyn in 1922, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Gwyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,014 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #9,457)
  • 1,633 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #9,457)
  • 691 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 110 spots in 1961 (#1,073 → #963)
  • Biggest drop: 131 spots in 1963 (#934 → #1,065)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 1962 at #934 (129 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1961–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,245
  • Highest: 1 in 15,245 girls born in 1962 were named Gwyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 34.3% of all girls named Gwyn (726) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1936
  • Mostly boys until 1935, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s42#2,921 (1929)#4,009
1930s94#1,999 (1937)#2,741
1940s208#1,335 (1949)#2,135
1950s443#1,249 (1954)#1,573
1960s726#934 (1962)#1,508
1970s262#1,859 (1970)#3,064
1980s66#4,978 (1980)#8,132
1990s22#11,509 (1991)#12,391
2000s107#6,356 (2006)#9,409
2010s87#8,597 (2019)#10,684
2020s58#8,055 (2023)#10,329

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.

Gwyn in 1922

girls
#5,009
5 births · 1 in 240,201 girls

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #5,009Gwyn5
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Gwyn, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gwyn
  1. #4,445Zenola6
  2. #4,445Zonnie6
  3. #4,445Zuella6
  4. #5,009Gwyn5
  5. #5,009Abelina5
  6. #5,009Adair5
  7. #5,009Adalia5

Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1922 →