Gwen — #698 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gwen

The Social Security Administration has registered 32,232 babies named Gwen between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwen currently holds the #698 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 942 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 6,779 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Gwen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,756 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gwen in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwen 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 32,232 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.