Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gwendloyn

#26,286 most common girls' name of all time · #42,561 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1950–1966

Rank among girls
#26,286
Rank overall
#42,561 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
88
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1959 #4,249
Best rank
#3,958 1950
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
1960

Gwendloyn first appears in 1950. 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
1966 5 — 5 #7,087
1964 5 — 5 #7,322
1963 5 — 5 #7,167
1962 7 — 7 #5,686
1961 7 — 7 #5,670
1960 7 — 7 #5,538
1959 10 — 10 #4,249
1958 7 — 7 #5,279
1957 9 — 9 #4,482
1954 5 — 5 #6,383
1953 6 — 6 #5,561
1951 6 — 6 #5,338
1950 9 — 9 #3,958