Guinevere

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Guinevere is ranked 947th among girls in 2024 (277 births). Its best rank was 916th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #947outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 2770.02% of girls
Peak year: 2022299 births
Best rank: #916in 2022
Since 1912: 4,294people given the name

Babies named Guinevere, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

4,294 girls have been named Guinevere in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 299 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 32%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Guinevere
1910s	132
1920s	145
1930s	68
1940s	46
1950s	29
1960s	39
1970s	167
1980s	163
1990s	183
2000s	589
2010s	1,390
2020s	1,343

In 2022, its biggest year

Guinevere was the 916th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Guinevere

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.