Gwendolyn — #393 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gwendolyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 123,533 babies named Gwendolyn between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwendolyn currently holds the #393 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 3,518 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwendolyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 31,944 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gwendolyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8,506 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gwendolyn in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwendolyn 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 123,533 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.