Girls' name · since 1922
Gwenneth
204 babies named Gwenneth in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 204
- born since 1922
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gwenneth is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 204 have been recorded since 1922.
Social Security Administration records show Gwenneth recorded 204 times among girls since 1922, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2022.
- #19,598 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 204 born since 1922
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gwenneth ranks #19,598 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 204 born since 1922, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 204
- born since 1922
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gwenneth's 204 recorded births place it above 72.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gwenneth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gwenneth's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gwenneth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2022
- Peak year (2006)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Gwenneth by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Gwenneth's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Gwenneth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 21
1930s
21 births
- 1940s
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gwenneth's data
- Gwenneth's decade-level peak was the 2010s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- 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 Gwenneth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1922–2022 (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 Gwenneth 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.