Recorded 1944–2023 Girls' name Peak 2002 394 births

Gwendelyn — girls' name

394 babies named Gwendelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s181950s361960s511970s581980s101990s282000s762010s992020s18
2010s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Gwendelyn was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

13 babies were named Gwendelyn in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gwendelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 394 babies named Gwendelyn between 1944 and 2023, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwendelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwendelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gwendelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwendelyn 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 394 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.

Gwendelyn at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

394

Since 1944

80 years of records

Peak year

2002

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1944

Recorded for 80 years

Last year on file: 2023

Gwendelyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1944

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2002)
13
Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
468101214 202320152008200019781970196119491944 5

Gwendelyn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
99 births that decade — 25% of Gwendelyn's all-time total
1940s181950s361960s511970s581980s101990s282000s762010s992020s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gwendelyn?
394 babies have been named Gwendelyn since 1944. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2002 with 13 births.
When was Gwendelyn most popular?
Gwendelyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 99 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Gwendelyn been used?
Gwendelyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1944, spanning 80 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Gwendelyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gwendolyn, Gwen, Gwenyth, Gwenda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1944–2023 (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.