Meaning not yet researched.
Gwen: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 384 in 2025. Its best rank was #295 in 1959.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #295 in 1959; #725 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gwen in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#725 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1959, at #295.
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Gwen: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 384 girls in 2025. Peak: #295 in 1959 · most girls in one year: 942 (1959).
In 2025, 384 US girls were named Gwen, making it the 725th most common girls’ name of the year, down 27 places from #698 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 403 girls named Gwen in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #295, reached in 1959. That year also had the most girls given the name: 942. For comparison, it was #749 in 2015 and #379 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gwen in 134 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1890 with 8 babies. In all, 32,911 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 6,849 babies named Gwen.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,426 US girls were named Gwen; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 403. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,186 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gwen ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #140 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Gwendolyn (124,718 babies since 1880) and Gwyn (2,414 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Gwenn, Gwynn and Gwin are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Wendy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and Welsh. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gwenn (1,502), Gwynn (1,179), Gwin (185), Gwinn (23), Gwenne (6), Gwyne (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 23 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 32 | #140 | #210 |
| Idaho | 6 | #373 | #334 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #453 | #363 |
| Indiana | 14 | #497 | #519 |
| Maryland | 10 | #520 | — |
| Michigan | 15 | #529 | #741 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #543 | #779 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #565 | #568 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #569 | — |
| Missouri | 10 | #570 | #637 |
| California | 56 | #578 | #673 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #598 | — |
| Washington | 10 | #639 | #723 |
| Arizona | 10 | #649 | #349 |
| Colorado | 8 | #663 | #646 |
| Oregon | 5 | #666 | — |
| Ohio | 14 | #684 | #924 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #686 | — |
| Florida | 20 | #812 | #1,218 |
| North Carolina | 11 | #862 | #1,463 |
| Illinois | 10 | #875 | #705 |
| Virginia | 8 | #879 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #885 | #723 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #932 | — |
| New Jersey | 7 | #976 | #635 |
| Georgia | 9 | #1,017 | — |
| Texas | 24 | #1,133 | #1,074 |
| New York | 10 | #1,356 | #903 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 384 | #725 | — | — |
| 2024 | 403 | #698 | — | — |
| 2023 | 341 | #817 | — | — |
| 2022 | 329 | #851 | — | — |
| 2021 | 325 | #849 | — | — |
| 2020 | 331 | #823 | — | — |
| 2019 | 328 | #828 | — | — |
| 2018 | 295 | #910 | — | — |
| 2017 | 317 | #864 | — | — |
| 2016 | 373 | #766 | — | — |
| 2015 | 377 | #749 | — | — |
| 2014 | 278 | #963 | — | — |
| 2013 | 266 | #954 | — | — |
| 2012 | 224 | #1,110 | — | — |
| 2011 | 196 | #1,225 | — | — |
| 2010 | 163 | #1,410 | — | — |
| 2009 | 185 | #1,308 | — | — |
| 2008 | 201 | #1,252 | — | — |
| 2007 | 186 | #1,311 | — | — |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,418 | — | — |
| 2005 | 156 | #1,383 | — | — |
| 2004 | 123 | #1,595 | — | — |
| 2003 | 149 | #1,358 | — | — |
| 2002 | 134 | #1,429 | — | — |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,911 | — | — |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,292 | — | — |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,583 | — | — |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,292 | — | — |
| 1997 | 60 | #2,270 | — | — |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,641 | — | — |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,114 | — | — |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,479 | — | — |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,902 | — | — |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,623 | — | — |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,276 | — | — |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,301 | — | — |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,985 | — | — |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,258 | — | — |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,573 | — | — |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,699 | — | — |
| 1985 | 104 | #1,290 | — | — |
| 1984 | 108 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1983 | 132 | #1,053 | — | — |
| 1982 | 136 | #1,059 | — | — |
| 1981 | 153 | #961 | — | — |
| 1980 | 175 | #875 | — | — |
| 1979 | 210 | #767 | — | — |
| 1978 | 206 | #751 | — | — |
| 1977 | 218 | #710 | — | — |
| 1976 | 275 | #590 | — | — |
| 1975 | 323 | #535 | — | — |
| 1974 | 284 | #568 | — | — |
| 1973 | 214 | #697 | — | — |
| 1972 | 301 | #555 | — | — |
| 1971 | 368 | #511 | — | — |
| 1970 | 354 | #534 | 6 | #4,435 |
| 1969 | 362 | #514 | — | — |
| 1968 | 363 | #511 | — | — |
| 1967 | 373 | #494 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1966 | 463 | #439 | — | — |
| 1965 | 484 | #426 | — | — |
| 1964 | 612 | #391 | 9 | #2,937 |
| 1963 | 670 | #375 | — | — |
| 1962 | 859 | #320 | 7 | #3,436 |
| 1961 | 882 | #310 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1960 | 893 | #317 | 7 | #3,472 |
| 1959 | 942 | #295 | 9 | #2,913 |
| 1958 | 893 | #299 | 5 | #4,177 |
| 1957 | 830 | #317 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1956 | 762 | #317 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 740 | #316 | 6 | #3,661 |
| 1954 | 682 | #324 | 6 | #3,595 |
| 1953 | 573 | #355 | 9 | #2,786 |
| 1952 | 472 | #381 | 6 | #3,512 |
| 1951 | 429 | #396 | 6 | #3,509 |
| 1950 | 457 | #379 | 5 | #3,892 |
| 1949 | 446 | #372 | 15 | #1,975 |
| 1948 | 448 | #374 | 8 | #2,870 |
| 1947 | 509 | #356 | 10 | #2,562 |
| 1946 | 483 | #338 | 9 | #2,604 |
| 1945 | 365 | #367 | — | — |
| 1944 | 329 | #389 | — | — |
| 1943 | 384 | #367 | 7 | #3,068 |
| 1942 | 388 | #355 | 6 | #3,357 |
| 1941 | 341 | #361 | 6 | #3,291 |
| 1940 | 357 | #338 | 8 | #2,749 |
| 1939 | 358 | #334 | 7 | #2,950 |
| 1938 | 378 | #322 | 7 | #2,991 |
| 1937 | 280 | #390 | — | — |
| 1936 | 303 | #364 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 1935 | 302 | #362 | 5 | #3,870 |
| 1934 | 252 | #413 | 8 | #2,831 |
| 1933 | 260 | #400 | 7 | #3,119 |
| 1932 | 239 | #424 | 10 | #2,525 |
| 1931 | 188 | #470 | 8 | #2,949 |
| 1930 | 248 | #421 | 6 | #3,762 |
| 1929 | 207 | #461 | — | — |
| 1928 | 188 | #504 | — | — |
| 1927 | 148 | #582 | 10 | #2,788 |
| 1926 | 159 | #566 | — | — |
| 1925 | 109 | #708 | — | — |
| 1924 | 117 | #687 | 5 | #4,619 |
| 1923 | 110 | #699 | 9 | #3,050 |
| 1922 | 105 | #710 | 6 | #4,036 |
| 1921 | 101 | #733 | — | — |
| 1920 | 93 | #754 | — | — |
| 1919 | 93 | #725 | 5 | #4,419 |
| 1918 | 81 | #793 | — | — |
| 1917 | 110 | #651 | 5 | #4,224 |
| 1916 | 84 | #740 | 8 | #3,028 |
| 1915 | 93 | #686 | — | — |
| 1914 | 76 | #668 | — | — |
| 1913 | 64 | #648 | — | — |
| 1912 | 50 | #715 | — | — |
| 1911 | 41 | #678 | — | — |
| 1910 | 24 | #881 | — | — |
| 1909 | 42 | #599 | — | — |
| 1908 | 21 | #861 | — | — |
| 1907 | 19 | #882 | — | — |
| 1906 | 15 | #979 | — | — |
| 1905 | 16 | #943 | — | — |
| 1904 | 17 | #893 | — | — |
| 1903 | 16 | #874 | — | — |
| 1902 | 13 | #992 | — | — |
| 1901 | 16 | #837 | — | — |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,195 | — | — |
| 1899 | 15 | #855 | — | — |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,646 | — | — |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,487 | — | — |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,696 | — | — |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,544 | — | — |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,141 | — | — |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,041 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).