Gwen Girl
How popular is Gwen?
#725 girl name in 2025
384 baby girls were named Gwen in the US in 2025, making it the 725th most popular girl name.
Gwen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #725 for girls (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 384 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+2% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #748 in 2015, #822 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1959 (942 girls) |
| Highest rank | #295 in 1959 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gwen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gwen family of names ranked #653 for girls in 2025 (#647 the year before), with 413 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gwen is most popular
Babies named Gwen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Gwen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 60 | #835 |
| 1900s | 186 | #594 |
| 1910s | 716 | #645 |
| 1920s | 1,337 | #460 |
| 1930s | 2,808 | #322 |
| 1940s | 4,050 | #338 |
| 1950s | 6,780 | #295 |
| 1960s | 5,961 | #310 |
| 1970s | 2,753 | #510 |
| 1980s | 1,071 | #875 |
| 1990s | 512 | #2,256 |
| 2000s | 1,453 | #1,250 |
| 2010s | 2,817 | #748 |
| 2020s | 2,113 | #698 |
Girl names about as popular as Gwen
Questions
- Is Gwen a boy or girl name?
- Gwen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gwen were girls.
- How popular is the name Gwen?
- 384 baby girls were named Gwen in the US in 2025, making it the 725th most popular girl name.
- When was Gwen most popular?
- Gwen peaked in 1959, when 942 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #295 in 1959.
- How many people are named Gwen?
- 32,911 babies have been named Gwen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,840 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
- Where is Gwen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gwen was most common in Utah, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.