Gwendlyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gwendlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 498 babies named Gwendlyn between 1921 and 2002, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwendlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwendlyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gwendlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gwendlyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwendlyn 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 498 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.