Girls' name · since 1934
Gwendolin
Gwendolin has 79 recorded births since 1934 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1934
- 1970s
- peak decade
79 girls have been named Gwendolin since 1934, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gwendolin has 79 recorded births among girls since 1934, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 1977.
- #29,741 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 79 born since 1934
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gwendolin ranks #29,741 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 79 born since 1934, peaking in the 1970s.
- #29,741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1934
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gwendolin's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gwendolin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gwendolin splits its recorded history at 1966: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1934 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gwendolin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1977
- Peak year (1951)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Gwendolin by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (32 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Gwendolin's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Gwendolin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 32 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gwendolin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1934–1977 (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 Gwendolin 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.