Gwendelyn
#12,699 most common girls' name of all time · #21,018 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1944–2023
Rank among girls
#12,699
Rank overall
#21,018 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
394
Since 2016
56
Peak year
2002 #7,916
Best rank
#4,212 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Gwendelyn first appears in 1944. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,518 |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,612 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,251 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,649 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,675 |
| 2017 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,066 |
| 2016 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,980 |
| 2015 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,278 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,810 |
| 2013 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,119 |
| 2012 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,814 |
| 2011 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,497 |
| 2010 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,320 |
| 2009 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,608 |
| 2008 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,725 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,750 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,577 |
| 2005 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,009 |
| 2003 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,485 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,916 |
| 2001 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,177 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,999 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,563 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,413 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,023 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,547 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,826 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,788 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,901 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,071 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,726 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,944 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,937 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,668 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,249 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,054 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,958 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,549 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,166 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,249 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,093 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,432 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,046 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,479 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,212 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,829 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,201 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,737 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,909 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,599 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,137 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,184 |