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Gwendalyn

#6,219 most common girls' name of all time · #10,499 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1940–2025

Rank among girls
#6,219
Rank overall
#10,499 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
1,207
Since 2016
232
Peak year
2008 #3,433
Best rank
#3,433 2008
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
19401960198020002020

Gwendalyn first appears in 1940. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 17 #6,605
2024 29 29 #4,695
2023 20 20 #6,010
2022 23 23 #5,510
2021 20 20 #6,009
2020 15 15 #7,284
2019 27 27 #4,940
2018 25 25 #5,184
2017 17 17 #6,853
2016 39 39 #3,863
2015 35 35 #4,167
2014 24 24 #5,486
2013 27 27 #5,040
2012 38 38 #3,998
2011 38 38 #3,939
2010 33 33 #4,417
2009 36 36 #4,215
2008 48 48 #3,433
2007 45 45 #3,614
2006 35 35 #4,188
2005 38 38 #3,836
2004 31 31 #4,410
2003 32 32 #4,134
2002 32 32 #4,009
2001 27 27 #4,484
2000 18 18 #5,996
1999 14 14 #6,921
1998 29 29 #3,937
1997 12 12 #7,380
1996 13 13 #6,815
1994 6 6 #12,025
1993 7 7 #10,778
1992 8 8 #9,684
1991 5 5 #13,523
1990 6 6 #11,656
1989 8 8 #8,941
1987 7 7 #9,023
1986 8 8 #7,928
1985 6 6 #9,601
1984 6 6 #9,404
1982 7 7 #8,459
1981 6 6 #9,401
1980 13 13 #5,335
1979 6 6 #9,272
1978 10 10 #6,119
1977 11 11 #5,655
1976 7 7 #7,534
1975 8 8 #6,685
1974 8 8 #6,458
1973 8 8 #6,283
1972 5 5 #8,647
1971 12 12 #4,652
1970 10 10 #5,201
1969 5 5 #7,859
1968 9 9 #4,938
1966 8 8 #5,071
1965 8 8 #5,062
1964 8 8 #5,249
1963 8 8 #5,098
1962 5 5 #7,058
1961 5 5 #7,004
1960 14 14 #3,462
1959 6 6 #5,928
1958 7 7 #5,190
1957 11 11 #3,847
1956 12 12 #3,650
1955 5 5 #6,361
1954 10 10 #3,893
1953 10 10 #3,896
1952 8 8 #4,384
1951 11 11 #3,444
1950 8 8 #4,231
1949 8 8 #4,164
1948 6 6 #5,096
1947 7 7 #4,667
1944 8 8 #3,664
1940 5 5 #4,984