Gwen
#789 most common girls' name of all time · #1,429 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1890–2025
Rank among girls
#789
Rank overall
#1,429 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
134 of 146
All-time
32,911
Since 2016
3,426
Peak year
1959 #295
Best rank
#295 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 951/yr
Gwen first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 384 | — | 384 | #726 |
| 2024 | 403 | — | 403 | #699 |
| 2023 | 341 | — | 341 | #817 |
| 2022 | 329 | — | 329 | #851 |
| 2021 | 325 | — | 325 | #847 |
| 2020 | 331 | — | 331 | #823 |
| 2019 | 328 | — | 328 | #829 |
| 2018 | 295 | — | 295 | #910 |
| 2017 | 317 | — | 317 | #864 |
| 2016 | 373 | — | 373 | #765 |
| 2015 | 377 | — | 377 | #749 |
| 2014 | 278 | — | 278 | #962 |
| 2013 | 266 | — | 266 | #954 |
| 2012 | 224 | — | 224 | #1,108 |
| 2011 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,225 |
| 2010 | 163 | — | 163 | #1,406 |
| 2009 | 185 | — | 185 | #1,307 |
| 2008 | 201 | — | 201 | #1,252 |
| 2007 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,308 |
| 2006 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,415 |
| 2005 | 156 | — | 156 | #1,381 |
| 2004 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,593 |
| 2003 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,359 |
| 2002 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,426 |
| 2001 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,906 |
| 2000 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,282 |
| 1999 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,573 |
| 1998 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,285 |
| 1997 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,262 |
| 1996 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,635 |
| 1995 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1994 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,469 |
| 1993 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,891 |
| 1992 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,617 |
| 1991 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,275 |
| 1990 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,292 |
| 1989 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,983 |
| 1988 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,253 |
| 1987 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,571 |
| 1986 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,697 |
| 1985 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,288 |
| 1984 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,208 |
| 1983 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,052 |
| 1982 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,059 |
| 1981 | 153 | — | 153 | #959 |
| 1980 | 175 | — | 175 | #876 |
| 1979 | 210 | — | 210 | #767 |
| 1978 | 206 | — | 206 | #750 |
| 1977 | 218 | — | 218 | #712 |
| 1976 | 275 | — | 275 | #591 |
| 1975 | 323 | — | 323 | #535 |
| 1974 | 284 | — | 284 | #568 |
| 1973 | 214 | — | 214 | #697 |
| 1972 | 301 | — | 301 | #553 |
| 1971 | 368 | — | 368 | #510 |
| 1970 | 354 | 6 | 360 | #535 |
| 1969 | 362 | — | 362 | #514 |
| 1968 | 363 | — | 363 | #511 |
| 1967 | 373 | 5 | 378 | #496 |
| 1966 | 463 | — | 463 | #439 |
| 1965 | 484 | — | 484 | #427 |
| 1964 | 612 | 9 | 621 | #391 |
| 1963 | 670 | — | 670 | #375 |
| 1962 | 859 | 7 | 866 | #320 |
| 1961 | 882 | 6 | 888 | #310 |
| 1960 | 893 | 7 | 900 | #317 |
| 1959 | 942 | 9 | 951 | #295 |
| 1958 | 893 | 5 | 898 | #299 |
| 1957 | 830 | 11 | 841 | #317 |
| 1956 | 762 | 6 | 768 | #317 |
| 1955 | 740 | 6 | 746 | #317 |
| 1954 | 682 | 6 | 688 | #324 |
| 1953 | 573 | 9 | 582 | #355 |
| 1952 | 472 | 6 | 478 | #381 |
| 1951 | 429 | 6 | 435 | #396 |
| 1950 | 457 | 5 | 462 | #379 |
| 1949 | 446 | 15 | 461 | #372 |
| 1948 | 448 | 8 | 456 | #374 |
| 1947 | 509 | 10 | 519 | #357 |
| 1946 | 483 | 9 | 492 | #338 |
| 1945 | 365 | — | 365 | #367 |
| 1944 | 329 | — | 329 | #389 |
| 1943 | 384 | 7 | 391 | #367 |
| 1942 | 388 | 6 | 394 | #356 |
| 1941 | 341 | 6 | 347 | #361 |
| 1940 | 357 | 8 | 365 | #338 |
| 1939 | 358 | 7 | 365 | #334 |
| 1938 | 378 | 7 | 385 | #322 |
| 1937 | 280 | — | 280 | #390 |
| 1936 | 303 | 10 | 313 | #364 |
| 1935 | 302 | 5 | 307 | #362 |
| 1934 | 252 | 8 | 260 | #413 |
| 1933 | 260 | 7 | 267 | #400 |
| 1932 | 239 | 10 | 249 | #424 |
| 1931 | 188 | 8 | 196 | #470 |
| 1930 | 248 | 6 | 254 | #421 |
| 1929 | 207 | — | 207 | #461 |
| 1928 | 188 | — | 188 | #504 |
| 1927 | 148 | 10 | 158 | #582 |
| 1926 | 159 | — | 159 | #567 |
| 1925 | 109 | — | 109 | #709 |
| 1924 | 117 | 5 | 122 | #686 |
| 1923 | 110 | 9 | 119 | #699 |
| 1922 | 105 | 6 | 111 | #710 |
| 1921 | 101 | — | 101 | #734 |
| 1920 | 93 | — | 93 | #756 |
| 1919 | 93 | 5 | 98 | #725 |
| 1918 | 81 | — | 81 | #795 |
| 1917 | 110 | 5 | 115 | #651 |
| 1916 | 84 | 8 | 92 | #741 |
| 1915 | 93 | — | 93 | #687 |
| 1914 | 76 | — | 76 | #670 |
| 1913 | 64 | — | 64 | #649 |
| 1912 | 50 | — | 50 | #714 |
| 1911 | 41 | — | 41 | #685 |
| 1910 | 24 | — | 24 | #894 |
| 1909 | 42 | — | 42 | #606 |
| 1908 | 21 | — | 21 | #877 |
| 1907 | 19 | — | 19 | #895 |
| 1906 | 15 | — | 15 | #998 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | 16 | #960 |
| 1904 | 17 | — | 17 | #905 |
| 1903 | 16 | — | 16 | #890 |
| 1902 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,018 |
| 1901 | 16 | — | 16 | #856 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,220 |
| 1899 | 15 | — | 15 | #875 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,689 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,526 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,718 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,086 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,197 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,094 |