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.

Gwendlyn

#11,067 most common girls' name of all time · #18,364 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1921–2002

Rank among girls
#11,067
Rank overall
#18,364 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
498
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #2,383
Best rank
#2,383 1952
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
1940196019802000

Gwendlyn first appears in 1921. 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
2002 5 — 5 #15,669
2001 5 — 5 #15,611
1982 5 — 5 #10,787
1979 7 — 7 #8,233
1976 5 — 5 #9,621
1975 5 — 5 #9,347
1974 11 — 11 #5,112
1973 5 — 5 #8,714
1972 8 — 8 #6,110
1971 7 — 7 #6,842
1970 9 — 9 #5,545
1969 9 — 9 #5,190
1968 13 — 13 #3,867
1967 12 — 12 #3,920
1966 13 — 13 #3,634
1965 16 — 16 #3,206
1964 8 — 8 #5,195
1963 14 — 14 #3,535
1962 18 — 18 #2,986
1961 11 — 11 #4,124
1960 14 — 14 #3,436
1959 18 — 18 #2,814
1958 13 — 13 #3,459
1957 14 — 14 #3,226
1956 10 — 10 #4,038
1955 13 — 13 #3,308
1954 14 — 14 #3,099
1953 17 — 17 #2,655
1952 20 — 20 #2,383
1951 12 — 12 #3,221
1950 12 — 12 #3,174
1949 18 — 18 #2,393
1948 12 — 12 #3,085
1947 14 — 14 #2,857
1946 13 — 13 #2,829
1945 7 — 7 #3,907
1944 8 — 8 #3,592
1943 8 — 8 #3,693
1942 7 — 7 #3,999
1941 6 — 6 #4,290
1940 8 — 8 #3,438
1939 6 — 6 #4,120
1934 6 — 6 #4,172
1932 7 — 7 #3,845
1931 6 — 6 #4,233
1930 7 — 7 #4,004
1928 5 — 5 #5,270
1926 5 — 5 #5,462
1925 7 — 7 #4,387
1921 5 — 5 #5,768