Gwynn — #8000 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Gwynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,033 babies named Gwynn between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gwynn currently holds the #8000 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Gwynn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 133 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gwynn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Gwynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gwynn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gwynn 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 1,033 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.