Girls' name · since 1912
Guinevere
Guinevere has 4,592 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #899 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,592
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Guinevere currently ranks #899 among girls' names in America, with 4,592 babies recorded since 1912.
Guinevere has 4,592 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #899 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #2,716 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #899 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,592 born since 1912
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guinevere ranks #2,716 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #899 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,592 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #899 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,592
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Guinevere's 4,592 recorded births place it above 96.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Guinevere compares
4,592 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Guinevere's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Guinevere | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,592 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 299 | 21 | 19,840 |
Guinevere's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Guinevere's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 88% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 12%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 299, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Guinevere popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 299
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Guinevere by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,641 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Guinevere's strongest decade.
1,641 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Guinevere births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 132
1910s
132 births
- 1920s 145
1920s
145 births
- 1930s 68
1930s
68 births
- 1940s 46
1940s
46 births
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 39
1960s
39 births
- 1970s 167
1970s
167 births
- 1980s 163
1980s
163 births
- 1990s 183
1990s
183 births
- 2000s 589
2000s
589 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,390 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,641 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,641 births (36% of all-time use).
How Guinevere compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Guinevere's total volume
Guinevere by state
Where Guinevere concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 346 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 332 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 190 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 134 | 2.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 124 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 119 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 114 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 108 | 2.4% |
346 of 4,592 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Guinevere appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Guineveres (346 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Guinevere: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~113 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Guinevere draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.