Recorded 2003–2018 Girls' name Peak 2008 31 births

Gwendylan — girls' name

31 babies named Gwendylan in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Gwendylan was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

9 babies were named Gwendylan in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gwendylan

The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Gwendylan between 2003 and 2018, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwendylan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwendylan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gwendylan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwendylan 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 31 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.

Gwendylan at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

31

Since 2003

16 years of records

Peak year

2008

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2003

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2018

Gwendylan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2003

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2008)
9
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
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Gwendylan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
21 births that decade — 68% of Gwendylan's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gwendylan?
31 babies have been named Gwendylan since 2003. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2008 with 9 births.
When was Gwendylan most popular?
Gwendylan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Gwendylan been used?
Gwendylan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 16 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Gwendylan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gwendolyn, Gwen, Gwenyth, Gwenda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2003–2018 (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.