Gwyndolyn — #8002 US girls' name
513 babies named Gwyndolyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Gwyndolyn was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Gwyndolyn in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gwyndolyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 513 babies named Gwyndolyn between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwyndolyn currently holds the #8002 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwyndolyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Gwyndolyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gwyndolyn 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 513 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.
Gwyndolyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Gwyndolyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1924
- Peak year (1952)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
Currently ranks #8002 among girls.
513 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 16 births in a single year.
Gwyndolyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 82 births that decade — 16% of Gwyndolyn's all-time total
Gwyndolyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gwyndolyn's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% 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, 1924–2024 (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.