Gwendalyn
Gwendalyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 290.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200848 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1940
- 1,190people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,190 girls have been named Gwendalyn in the United States since 1940, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 48 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 29%.
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
Gwendalyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Gwendalyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Majapeak 2009
- Joliepeak 2008
- Malanapeak 2007
- Riapeak 2005
- Anneliesepeak 2005
- Meliapeak 2006
- Joleepeak 2017
- Julianapeak 2007
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.