Girls' name · since 1924
Gwyndolyn
Gwyndolyn has 519 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1952 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,350 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 1924
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gwyndolyn currently ranks #13350 among girls' names in America, with 519 babies recorded since 1924.
Gwyndolyn has 519 recorded births among girls since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13350 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #11,568 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,350 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 519 born since 1924
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gwyndolyn ranks #11,568 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,350 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 519 born since 1924, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,350 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 1924
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gwyndolyn's 519 recorded births place it above 83.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gwyndolyn compares
519 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Gwyndolyn's all-time total is 38% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gwyndolyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 519 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gwyndolyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gwyndolyn's full recorded timeline at 1977, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1952 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gwyndolyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (1952)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Gwyndolyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (82 births, 16% of the file).
2010s was Gwyndolyn's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Gwyndolyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 27
1930s
27 births
- 1940s
1940s
75 births
- 1950s
1950s
77 births
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 82 births (16% of all-time use).
How Gwyndolyn 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 Gwyndolyn's total volume
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What to do with Gwyndolyn's data
- Gwyndolyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (82 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gwyndolyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~101 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, 1924–2025 (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 Gwyndolyn 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.