Gwendolynn — #5445 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gwendolynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,420 babies named Gwendolynn between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwendolynn currently holds the #5445 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwendolynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 290 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Gwendolynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Gwendolynn in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwendolynn 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 1,420 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.