Gwenlyn
#21,643 most common girls' name of all time · #35,324 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1934–1964
Rank among girls
#21,643
Rank overall
#35,324 of 105,966
First appeared
1934
Years on the list
20 of 146
All-time
140
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1943 #3,458
Best rank
#3,411 1939
Girls
Boys
peak 9/yr
Gwenlyn first appears in 1934. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,323 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,006 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,668 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,157 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,550 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,174 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,386 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,193 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,604 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,805 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,115 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,930 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,920 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,458 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,189 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,901 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,269 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,411 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,418 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,256 |