Guynell — girls' name
103 babies named Guynell in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Guynell was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Guynell in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Guynell
The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Guynell between 1916 and 1952, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Guynell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Guynell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Guynell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Guynell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Guynell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 103 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Guynell at a glance
Last recorded 1952Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Guynell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1916
- Peak year (1932)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1952.
103 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 10 births in a single year.
Guynell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 38 births that decade — 37% of Guynell's all-time total
Guynell decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Guynell's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Guynell by state
Where Guynell concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 13 | 12.6% |
13 of 103 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 12.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 12.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1952 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.