Girls' name · since 1905
Gyneth
Gyneth has 96 recorded births since 1905 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1905
- 1920s
- peak decade
96 girls have been named Gyneth since 1905, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gyneth has 96 recorded births among girls since 1905, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1905 to 1944.
- #27,556 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 96 born since 1905
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gyneth ranks #27,556 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 96 born since 1905, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1905
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gyneth's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gyneth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gyneth's SSA record in two at 1924 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1905, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gyneth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1905–1944
- Peak year (1920)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Gyneth by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (48 births, 50% of the file).
1920s was Gyneth's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Gyneth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 18
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
48 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 48 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Gyneth's decade-level peak was the 1920s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1940s -- 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 Gyneth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1905–1944 (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 Gyneth 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.