Gwendloyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gwendloyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Gwendloyn between 1950 and 1966, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwendloyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwendloyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gwendloyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwendloyn 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 88 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.