Gwendolynn Girl
How popular is Gwendolynn?
#4,171 girl name in 2025
34 baby girls were named Gwendolynn in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
Gwendolynn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,171 for girls (▲ 1269 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,286 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (41 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,930 in 1956 |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gwendolynn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gwendolyn family of names ranked #354 for girls in 2025 (#375 the year before), with 901 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gwendolyn | 848 | 94% |
| Gwendolynn | 34 | 4% |
| Gwendolen | 11 | 1% |
| Gwendoline | 8 | 1% |
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 Gwendolynn is most popular
Babies named Gwendolynn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Gwendolynn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 30 | #3,680 |
| 1930s | 20 | #3,157 |
| 1940s | 88 | #2,513 |
| 1950s | 202 | #1,930 |
| 1960s | 120 | #2,903 |
| 1970s | 131 | #3,513 |
| 1980s | 92 | #4,883 |
| 1990s | 86 | #6,969 |
| 2000s | 205 | #4,195 |
| 2010s | 290 | #3,768 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,707 |
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Questions
- Is Gwendolynn a boy or girl name?
- Gwendolynn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gwendolynn were girls.
- How popular is the name Gwendolynn?
- 34 baby girls were named Gwendolynn in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
- When was Gwendolynn most popular?
- Gwendolynn peaked in 2023, when 41 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,930 in 1956.
- How many people are named Gwendolynn?
- 1,454 babies have been named Gwendolynn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,313 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Gwendolynn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gwendolynn was most common in Indiana, at 0.0 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.