Girls' name · since 1997
Gwendalynn
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 293 babies named Gwendalynn, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,101 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,609 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
293 babies have been named Gwendalynn since 1997, making it today's #8609 girls' name.
Gwendalynn has 293 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8609 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #16,101 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,609 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 293 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gwendalynn ranks #16,101 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,609 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 293 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,101 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,609 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gwendalynn's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gwendalynn compares
293 45th percentile among 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
Gwendalynn's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gwendalynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 293 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gwendalynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gwendalynn's full recorded timeline at 2011, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gwendalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Gwendalynn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (132 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Gwendalynn's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Gwendalynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
132 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 132 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Gwendalynn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (132 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gwendalynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Gwendalynn 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.