Gwenith — girls' name
337 babies named Gwenith in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Gwenith was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Gwenith in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gwenith
The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Gwenith between 1915 and 2020, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwenith currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwenith performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gwenith shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gwenith 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 337 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.
Gwenith at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gwenith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1915
- Peak year (1957)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
337 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 12 births in a single year.
Gwenith by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 79 births that decade — 23% of Gwenith's all-time total
Gwenith decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gwenith's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% 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, 1915–2020 (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.