Girls' name · since 1970
Gwenivere
Gwenivere has 811 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,145 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 811
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gwenivere is the #3145 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 811 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gwenivere has been recorded 811 times among girls since 1970, currently ranked #3145 nationally and more common than 82% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #8,650 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,145 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 811 born since 1970
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gwenivere ranks #8,650 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,145 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 811 born since 1970, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,145 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 811
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gwenivere's 811 recorded births place it above 88.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Gwenivere compares
811 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gwenivere's all-time total is 116% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gwenivere | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 811 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 87 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gwenivere's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gwenivere splits its recorded history at 2012: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 87 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gwenivere popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 87
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Gwenivere by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (363 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Gwenivere's strongest decade.
363 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Gwenivere births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
188 births
- 2010s
2010s
255 births
- 2020s
2020s
363 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 363 births (45% of all-time use).
How Gwenivere compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Gwenivere's total volume
Gwenivere by state
Where Gwenivere concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 29 | 3.6% |
| #2 | California | | 27 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
29 of 811 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Gweniveres (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gwenivere: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Gwenivere 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.