Gwenette — girls' name
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.
45% of everyone ever named Gwenette was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Gwenette in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gwenette
The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Gwenette between 1946 and 1982, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwenette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwenette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gwenette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gwenette 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 274 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.
Gwenette at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gwenette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1946
- Peak year (1961)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
274 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 17 births in a single year.
Gwenette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 124 births that decade — 45% of Gwenette's all-time total
Gwenette decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Gwenette's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1946–1982 (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.