Gwendolyne — girls' name
342 babies named Gwendolyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Gwendolyne was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Gwendolyne in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gwendolyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 342 babies named Gwendolyne between 1905 and 2023, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwendolyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwendolyne performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Gwendolyne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gwendolyne 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 342 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.
Gwendolyne at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gwendolyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1905
- Peak year (1924)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 119 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
342 total births across 119 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 12 births in a single year.
Gwendolyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 58 births that decade — 17% of Gwendolyne's all-time total
Gwendolyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Gwendolyne's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1905–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.