Girls' name · since 1950
Gwendloyn
Gwendloyn has 88 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Gwendloyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 88 recorded since 1950.
Gwendloyn has 88 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1966.
- #28,551 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gwendloyn ranks #28,551 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Gwendloyn's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gwendloyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gwendloyn's SSA record in two at 1959 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1954, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1959 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gwendloyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1966
- Peak year (1959)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Gwendloyn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (52 births, 59% of the file).
1950s was Gwendloyn's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Gwendloyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
52 births
- 1960s
1960s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 52 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Gwendloyn's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 1960s (36) -- 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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Similar record span (~16 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, 1950–1966 (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 Gwendloyn 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.