Girls' name · since 1946
Gwenette
274 babies named Gwenette in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 274
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gwenette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 274 have been recorded since 1946.
Gwenette has 274 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1982.
- #16,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 274 born since 1946
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gwenette ranks #16,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 274 born since 1946, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 274
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gwenette's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gwenette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gwenette's full recorded timeline at 1963, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gwenette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1982
- Peak year (1961)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Gwenette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (124 births, 45% of the file).
1960s was Gwenette's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Gwenette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
93 births
- 1960s
1960s
124 births
- 1970s 47
1970s
47 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 124 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Gwenette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gwenette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1946–1982 (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 Gwenette 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.