Meaning not yet researched.
Gwendolyn: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 848 in 2025. Its best rank was #112 in 1953.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #112 in 1953; #360 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gwendolyn in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#360 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1953, at #112.
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Gwendolyn: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 848 girls in 2025. Peak: #112 in 1953 · most girls in one year: 3,519 (1953).
In 2025, 848 US girls were named Gwendolyn, making it the 360th most common girls’ name of the year, up 33 places from #393 in 2024. That is 44 more than the 804 girls named Gwendolyn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #112, reached in 1953. That year also had the most girls given the name: 3,519. For comparison, it was #406 in 2015 and #113 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gwendolyn in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 124,718 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 32,049 babies named Gwendolyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,227 US girls were named Gwendolyn; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 852. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,895 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gwendolyn ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #163 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Wendy (263,276 babies since 1880) and Gwen (32,911 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Gwendolynn, Gwendalyn and Gwendolen are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Gwen and Wendy.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Croatian, Dutch, English and Welsh. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gwendolynn (1,454), Gwendalyn (1,207), Gwendolen (889), Gwyndolyn (519), Gwendelyn (394), Gwendolyne (342), Gwendalynn (293), Gwendolynne (56), Gwyndolin (52), Gwendylan (31), Gwendylon (18), Gwendalin (15), and more.
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 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 22 | #163 | #204 |
| Ohio | 66 | #168 | #330 |
| Indiana | 39 | #177 | #249 |
| Montana | 6 | #184 | — |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #185 | #239 |
| Utah | 25 | #187 | #267 |
| Missouri | 30 | #207 | #161 |
| Illinois | 45 | #225 | #404 |
| Maine | 5 | #232 | #90 |
| Kentucky | 18 | #249 | #403 |
| Virginia | 32 | #258 | #527 |
| Colorado | 22 | #283 | #260 |
| Michigan | 31 | #285 | #307 |
| Idaho | 8 | #287 | #227 |
| Nevada | 9 | #304 | #481 |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | #307 | #316 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #320 | #309 |
| Washington | 22 | #334 | #325 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #348 | #332 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #349 | #429 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #356 | #456 |
| Iowa | 9 | #363 | #239 |
| Kansas | 9 | #376 | #426 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #410 | #541 |
| New Jersey | 19 | #411 | #592 |
| Tennessee | 19 | #416 | #776 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #422 | — |
| Arizona | 16 | #426 | #375 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #437 | #248 |
| New York | 39 | #445 | #464 |
| North Carolina | 24 | #458 | #462 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #487 | #604 |
| California | 64 | #521 | #482 |
| Maryland | 9 | #569 | #401 |
| Texas | 54 | #586 | #631 |
| Florida | 28 | #621 | #577 |
| Georgia | 15 | #691 | #673 |
| Alabama | 5 | #865 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 848 | #360 | — | — |
| 2024 | 804 | #393 | — | — |
| 2023 | 814 | #379 | — | — |
| 2022 | 802 | #389 | — | — |
| 2021 | 794 | #397 | — | — |
| 2020 | 820 | #378 | — | — |
| 2019 | 852 | #370 | — | — |
| 2018 | 845 | #371 | — | — |
| 2017 | 822 | #377 | — | — |
| 2016 | 826 | #402 | — | — |
| 2015 | 791 | #406 | — | — |
| 2014 | 764 | #422 | — | — |
| 2013 | 651 | #471 | — | — |
| 2012 | 592 | #514 | — | — |
| 2011 | 513 | #566 | — | — |
| 2010 | 518 | #561 | — | — |
| 2009 | 522 | #582 | — | — |
| 2008 | 527 | #590 | — | — |
| 2007 | 455 | #651 | — | — |
| 2006 | 458 | #629 | — | — |
| 2005 | 508 | #564 | — | — |
| 2004 | 476 | #590 | — | — |
| 2003 | 458 | #597 | — | — |
| 2002 | 453 | #578 | — | — |
| 2001 | 374 | #672 | — | — |
| 2000 | 317 | #732 | — | — |
| 1999 | 347 | #661 | — | — |
| 1998 | 315 | #702 | — | — |
| 1997 | 311 | #691 | — | — |
| 1996 | 281 | #754 | — | — |
| 1995 | 228 | #856 | — | — |
| 1994 | 289 | #717 | — | — |
| 1993 | 267 | #774 | — | — |
| 1992 | 317 | #684 | — | — |
| 1991 | 314 | #683 | — | — |
| 1990 | 314 | #681 | — | — |
| 1989 | 318 | #649 | — | — |
| 1988 | 310 | #638 | — | — |
| 1987 | 317 | #609 | — | — |
| 1986 | 370 | #549 | — | — |
| 1985 | 410 | #494 | — | — |
| 1984 | 359 | #536 | — | — |
| 1983 | 392 | #496 | — | — |
| 1982 | 432 | #481 | — | — |
| 1981 | 444 | #478 | — | — |
| 1980 | 486 | #441 | — | — |
| 1979 | 533 | #406 | — | — |
| 1978 | 543 | #385 | — | — |
| 1977 | 586 | #367 | — | — |
| 1976 | 731 | #313 | — | — |
| 1975 | 791 | #297 | — | — |
| 1974 | 795 | #301 | 7 | #4,334 |
| 1973 | 764 | #304 | — | — |
| 1972 | 870 | #289 | — | — |
| 1971 | 1,081 | #267 | 6 | #4,606 |
| 1970 | 1,220 | #254 | 6 | #4,436 |
| 1969 | 1,200 | #247 | 5 | #4,642 |
| 1968 | 1,241 | #233 | 5 | #4,358 |
| 1967 | 1,338 | #219 | 5 | #4,196 |
| 1966 | 1,414 | #217 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,702 | #194 | 7 | #3,370 |
| 1964 | 1,893 | #193 | 7 | #3,407 |
| 1963 | 2,257 | #171 | 6 | #3,792 |
| 1962 | 2,508 | #161 | 6 | #3,791 |
| 1961 | 2,536 | #165 | 7 | #3,487 |
| 1960 | 2,546 | #163 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1959 | 2,653 | #159 | 12 | #2,467 |
| 1958 | 2,668 | #151 | 6 | #3,691 |
| 1957 | 3,303 | #132 | 16 | #2,047 |
| 1956 | 3,377 | #128 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1955 | 3,457 | #122 | 8 | #3,063 |
| 1954 | 3,409 | #122 | 13 | #2,245 |
| 1953 | 3,519 | #112 | 12 | #2,337 |
| 1952 | 3,328 | #114 | 12 | #2,300 |
| 1951 | 3,192 | #112 | 7 | #3,188 |
| 1950 | 3,039 | #113 | 5 | #3,893 |
| 1949 | 2,836 | #114 | 7 | #3,124 |
| 1948 | 2,506 | #124 | 10 | #2,510 |
| 1947 | 2,450 | #130 | 8 | #2,969 |
| 1946 | 2,062 | #132 | 5 | #3,722 |
| 1945 | 1,560 | #151 | — | — |
| 1944 | 1,525 | #160 | 10 | #2,370 |
| 1943 | 1,535 | #161 | — | — |
| 1942 | 1,380 | #169 | 5 | #3,783 |
| 1941 | 1,268 | #168 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1940 | 1,222 | #169 | 10 | #2,384 |
| 1939 | 1,182 | #168 | 9 | #2,519 |
| 1938 | 1,205 | #169 | 10 | #2,387 |
| 1937 | 1,084 | #184 | 13 | #2,035 |
| 1936 | 944 | #191 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1935 | 983 | #180 | 8 | #2,798 |
| 1934 | 1,002 | #181 | — | — |
| 1933 | 927 | #183 | 8 | #2,836 |
| 1932 | 929 | #198 | 5 | #3,989 |
| 1931 | 893 | #205 | 7 | #3,222 |
| 1930 | 959 | #200 | 5 | #4,228 |
| 1929 | 892 | #207 | 9 | #2,836 |
| 1928 | 988 | #203 | — | — |
| 1927 | 960 | #204 | — | — |
| 1926 | 848 | #217 | 5 | #4,469 |
| 1925 | 889 | #218 | — | — |
| 1924 | 884 | #220 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1923 | 849 | #222 | — | — |
| 1922 | 771 | #233 | — | — |
| 1921 | 819 | #227 | — | — |
| 1920 | 758 | #236 | — | — |
| 1919 | 647 | #252 | — | — |
| 1918 | 657 | #250 | — | — |
| 1917 | 577 | #258 | — | — |
| 1916 | 574 | #254 | — | — |
| 1915 | 575 | #246 | — | — |
| 1914 | 382 | #265 | — | — |
| 1913 | 298 | #271 | — | — |
| 1912 | 276 | #269 | — | — |
| 1911 | 194 | #279 | — | — |
| 1910 | 151 | #311 | — | — |
| 1909 | 123 | #325 | — | — |
| 1908 | 127 | #314 | — | — |
| 1907 | 100 | #356 | — | — |
| 1906 | 87 | #359 | — | — |
| 1905 | 68 | #410 | — | — |
| 1904 | 75 | #380 | — | — |
| 1903 | 62 | #404 | — | — |
| 1902 | 57 | #409 | — | — |
| 1901 | 39 | #484 | — | — |
| 1900 | 37 | #571 | — | — |
| 1899 | 27 | #599 | — | — |
| 1898 | 33 | #562 | — | — |
| 1897 | 27 | #587 | — | — |
| 1896 | 24 | #644 | — | — |
| 1895 | 28 | #566 | — | — |
| 1894 | 16 | #763 | — | — |
| 1893 | 15 | #775 | — | — |
| 1892 | 18 | #697 | — | — |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,259 | — | — |
| 1890 | 11 | #848 | — | — |
| 1889 | 12 | #773 | — | — |
| 1888 | 9 | #918 | — | — |
| 1887 | 8 | #891 | — | — |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,025 | — | — |
| 1881 | 5 | #873 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #871 | — | — |
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).