Gwyneth
- #1,769 for girls in 2025, 114 births
- Around 1998: Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love (film)
- Peak · girls
- 2013 · 288 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,657since 1915
Gwyneth over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Gwyneth has never cracked the top 800 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,769 | 114 |
| 2024 | #1,779 | 113 |
| 2023 | #1,890 | 105 |
| 2022 | #1,468 | 150 |
| 2021 | #1,441 | 149 |
| 2020 | #1,442 | 151 |
| 2019 | #1,357 | 166 |
| 2018 | #1,279 | 179 |
| 2017 | #1,308 | 179 |
| 2016 | #1,252 | 195 |
| 2015 | #1,095 | 236 |
| 2014 | #1,057 | 245 |
| 2013 | #892 | 288 |
| 2012 | #1,188 | 207 |
| 2011 | #970 | 264 |
| 2010 | #1,278 | 186 |
| 2009 | #1,231 | 202 |
| 2008 | #1,271 | 196 |
| 2007 | #1,189 | 213 |
| 2006 | #1,121 | 222 |
| 2005 | #1,054 | 226 |
| 2004 | #956 | 251 |
| 2003 | #1,055 | 214 |
| 2002 | #1,034 | 209 |
| 2001 | #1,066 | 199 |
| 2000 | #1,098 | 187 |
| 1999 | #1,114 | 178 |
| 1998 | #1,330 | 132 |
| 1997 | #2,045 | 69 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Gwyneth! It came in at #2,526, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gwyneth 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
- Ohio#801 · 1 in 4,297
- Virginia#936 · 1 in 4,820
- Tennessee#1,127 · 1 in 6,415
- California#1,491 · 1 in 10,782
- Florida#1,685 · 1 in 12,395
Best ever in a state: #294 in West Virginia, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
| California | #1,491 | 15 | 1 in 10,782 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
| Texas | #2,210 | 9 | 1 in 17,838 |
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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
- 10 spots since 2024 (#1,779 → #1,769)
- 327 spots since 2020 (#1,442 → #1,769)
- Biggest jump: 308 spots in 2011
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 2012
Rise & fade · girls
98 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2013 at #892 (288 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 2004–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,093
- Highest: 1 in 6,093 girls born in 2013 were named Gwyneth (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,099 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 32.2% of all girls named Gwyneth (2,145) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 56 | #1,996 (1917) | #2,815 |
| 1920s | 127 | #1,704 (1929) | #2,846 |
| 1930s | 86 | #2,161 (1933) | #3,001 |
| 1940s | 120 | #2,237 (1945) | #2,849 |
| 1950s | 218 | #1,784 (1957) | #2,413 |
| 1960s | 174 | #2,543 (1963) | #3,110 |
| 1970s | 163 | #2,779 (1970) | #4,149 |
| 1980s | 167 | #3,530 (1982) | #4,800 |
| 1990s | 500 | #1,114 (1999) | #4,826 |
| 2000s | 2,119 | #956 (2004) | #1,108 |
| 2010s | 2,145 | #892 (2013) | #1,168 |
| 2020s | 782 | #1,441 (2021) | #1,632 |
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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