Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn is ranked 393rd among girls in 2024 (802 births). Its best rank was 112th, in 1951, 1953.
- Rank in 2024
- #393down 15 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8020.05% of girls
- Peak year
- 19533,518 births
- Best rank
- #112first in 1951
- Since 1880
- 123,533people given the name
The story in the numbers
123,533 girls have been named Gwendolyn in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 3,518 births — 0.19% of all girls recorded that year.
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 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 26%. It has spent 139 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gwendolyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | |
| 1890s | 205 | |
| 1900s | 775 | |
| 1910s | 4,331 | |
| 1920s | 8,658 | |
| 1930s | 10,108 | |
| 1940s | 18,344 | |
| 1950s | 31,944 | |
| 1960s | 18,634 | |
| 1970s | 7,914 | |
| 1980s | 3,838 | |
| 1990s | 2,984 | |
| 2000s | 4,548 | |
| 2010s | 7,174 | |
| 2020s | 4,031 |
In 1953, its biggest year
Gwendolyn was the 112th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1953 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Gwendolyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Evonpeak 1954
- Mariannepeak 1957
- Maritapeak 1954
- Merrypeak 1954
- Gwenpeak 1959
- Mariannpeak 1957
- Herlindapeak 1952
- Rosalindpeak 1965
Other spellings in the data
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.