Gwendalyn — #4671 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gwendalyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,190 babies named Gwendalyn between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwendalyn currently holds the #4671 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwendalyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 342 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gwendalyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gwendalyn in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwendalyn 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 1,190 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.