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.

Gwendolyn

#322 most common girls' name of all time · #600 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#322
Rank overall
#600 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
124,718
Since 2016
8,227
Peak year
1953 #112
Best rank
#112 1951
Girls Boys peak 3,531/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Gwendolyn is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 848 — 848 #360
2024 804 — 804 #393
2023 814 — 814 #378
2022 802 — 802 #389
2021 794 — 794 #397
2020 820 — 820 #378
2019 852 — 852 #371
2018 845 — 845 #371
2017 822 — 822 #377
2016 826 — 826 #402
2015 791 — 791 #405
2014 764 — 764 #422
2013 651 — 651 #471
2012 592 — 592 #514
2011 513 — 513 #565
2010 518 — 518 #563
2009 522 — 522 #582
2008 527 — 527 #589
2007 455 — 455 #652
2006 458 — 458 #628
2005 508 — 508 #564
2004 476 — 476 #591
2003 458 — 458 #597
2002 453 — 453 #577
2001 374 — 374 #670
2000 317 — 317 #731
1999 347 — 347 #661
1998 315 — 315 #702
1997 311 — 311 #691
1996 281 — 281 #752
1995 228 — 228 #856
1994 289 — 289 #716
1993 267 — 267 #773
1992 317 — 317 #683
1991 314 — 314 #682
1990 314 — 314 #680
1989 318 — 318 #648
1988 310 — 310 #638
1987 317 — 317 #609
1986 370 — 370 #550
1985 410 — 410 #494
1984 359 — 359 #535
1983 392 — 392 #496
1982 432 — 432 #481
1981 444 — 444 #478
1980 486 — 486 #441
1979 533 — 533 #406
1978 543 — 543 #385
1977 586 — 586 #367
1976 731 — 731 #313
1975 791 — 791 #296
1974 795 7 802 #301
1973 764 — 764 #304
1972 870 — 870 #289
1971 1,081 6 1,087 #267
1970 1,220 6 1,226 #253
1969 1,200 5 1,205 #247
1968 1,241 5 1,246 #233
1967 1,338 5 1,343 #219
1966 1,414 — 1,414 #217
1965 1,702 7 1,709 #194
1964 1,893 7 1,900 #193
1963 2,257 6 2,263 #171
1962 2,508 6 2,514 #161
1961 2,536 7 2,543 #165
1960 2,546 9 2,555 #163
1959 2,653 12 2,665 #159
1958 2,668 6 2,674 #151
1957 3,303 16 3,319 #132
1956 3,377 13 3,390 #128
1955 3,457 8 3,465 #122
1954 3,409 13 3,422 #122
1953 3,519 12 3,531 #112
1952 3,328 12 3,340 #114
1951 3,192 7 3,199 #112
1950 3,039 5 3,044 #113
1949 2,836 7 2,843 #114
1948 2,506 10 2,516 #124
1947 2,450 8 2,458 #130
1946 2,062 5 2,067 #132
1945 1,560 — 1,560 #151
1944 1,525 10 1,535 #160
1943 1,535 — 1,535 #161
1942 1,380 5 1,385 #169
1941 1,268 8 1,276 #169
1940 1,222 10 1,232 #169
1939 1,182 9 1,191 #168
1938 1,205 10 1,215 #169
1937 1,084 13 1,097 #184
1936 944 6 950 #191
1935 983 8 991 #180
1934 1,002 — 1,002 #181
1933 927 8 935 #184
1932 929 5 934 #198
1931 893 7 900 #205
1930 959 5 964 #200
1929 892 9 901 #207
1928 988 — 988 #203
1927 960 — 960 #204
1926 848 5 853 #217
1925 889 — 889 #218
1924 884 5 889 #220
1923 849 — 849 #222
1922 771 — 771 #233
1921 819 — 819 #227
1920 758 — 758 #236
1919 647 — 647 #252
1918 657 — 657 #250
1917 577 — 577 #258
1916 574 — 574 #254
1915 575 — 575 #246
1914 382 — 382 #265
1913 298 — 298 #271
1912 276 — 276 #269
1911 194 — 194 #279
1910 151 — 151 #313
1909 123 — 123 #327
1908 127 — 127 #314
1907 100 — 100 #357
1906 87 — 87 #361
1905 68 — 68 #412
1904 75 — 75 #381
1903 62 — 62 #405
1902 57 — 57 #411
1901 39 — 39 #486
1900 37 — 37 #572
1899 27 — 27 #602
1898 33 — 33 #567
1897 27 — 27 #588
1896 24 — 24 #644
1895 28 — 28 #572
1894 16 — 16 #764
1893 15 — 15 #784
1892 18 — 18 #695
1891 6 — 6 #1,230
1890 11 — 11 #842
1889 12 — 12 #779
1888 9 — 9 #916
1887 8 — 8 #893
1886 6 — 6 #1,012
1881 5 — 5 #870
1880 5 — 5 #871