Gwendolyn Girl
How popular is Gwendolyn?
#360 girl name in 2025
848 baby girls were named Gwendolyn in the US in 2025, making it the 360th most popular girl name.
Gwendolyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #360 for girls (▲ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 848 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #405 in 2015, #378 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1953 (3,519 girls) |
| Highest rank | #112 in 1951 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gwendolyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gwendolyn family of names ranked #354 for girls in 2025 (#375 the year before), with 901 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gwendolyn | 848 | 94% |
| Gwendolynn | 34 | 4% |
| Gwendolen | 11 | 1% |
| Gwendoline | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gwendolyn is most popular
Babies named Gwendolyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 1.8 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Idaho: 1.6 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- New Hampshire: 1.5 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Oregon: 1.4 per 1,000 (93 girls)
- Utah: 1.2 per 1,000 (100 girls)
Gwendolyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #757 |
| 1890s | 205 | #555 |
| 1900s | 775 | #314 |
| 1910s | 4,331 | #245 |
| 1920s | 8,658 | #203 |
| 1930s | 10,108 | #168 |
| 1940s | 18,344 | #114 |
| 1950s | 31,945 | #112 |
| 1960s | 18,635 | #161 |
| 1970s | 7,914 | #253 |
| 1980s | 3,838 | #441 |
| 1990s | 2,983 | #660 |
| 2000s | 4,548 | #564 |
| 2010s | 7,174 | #370 |
| 2020s | 4,882 | #360 |
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Questions
- Is Gwendolyn a boy or girl name?
- Gwendolyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gwendolyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Gwendolyn?
- 848 baby girls were named Gwendolyn in the US in 2025, making it the 360th most popular girl name.
- When was Gwendolyn most popular?
- Gwendolyn peaked in 1953, when 3,519 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #112, held for 2 years starting in 1951.
- How many people are named Gwendolyn?
- 124,718 babies have been named Gwendolyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 87,918 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Gwendolyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gwendolyn was most common in Maine, at 1.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.