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% male / >99% female · 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