Gwendalyn Girl
How popular is Gwendalyn?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Gwendalyn in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
1,157living people named Gwendalyn (est.)
20median age of people named Gwendalyn
1,207babies named Gwendalyn since 1880
1 in 195,020US babies born in 2025
Gwendalyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▼ 1878 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,143 in 2015, #7,208 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (48 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,283 in 1951 |
| First recorded | 1940 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gwendalyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gwendalyn family of names ranked #3,219 for girls in 2025 (#2,900 the year before), with 29 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gwendalyn | 17 | 59% |
| Gwendalynn | 12 | 41% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Gwendalyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 34 | #3,377 |
| 1950s | 88 | #3,283 |
| 1960s | 70 | #3,356 |
| 1970s | 85 | #4,532 |
| 1980s | 61 | #5,244 |
| 1990s | 100 | #3,911 |
| 2000s | 342 | #3,419 |
| 2010s | 303 | #3,849 |
| 2020s | 124 | #4,667 |
Girl names about as popular as Gwendalyn
Questions
- Is Gwendalyn a boy or girl name?
- Gwendalyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gwendalyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Gwendalyn?
- 17 baby girls were named Gwendalyn in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Gwendalyn most popular?
- Gwendalyn peaked in 2008, when 48 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,283 in 1951.
- How many people are named Gwendalyn?
- 1,207 babies have been named Gwendalyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,157 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.