How Many People Are Named Gwendolen?
people named Gwendolen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 458,771 people in the US has this name
Based on 889 babies named Gwendolen in Social Security records from 1903 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
34 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "white ring", derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and dolen "ring". This was the name of a mythical queen of the Britons who defeated her husband in battle, as told by Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Gwendolen in English. Counting Gwendolen and these spellings together, about 87,130 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gwendolen in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gwendolen alive today is about 38 years old, and 44% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 11 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gwendolen first appears in the records in 1903 and was given most often in 1971, to 34 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1903 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gwendolen has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,680, in 1903. In 2025 it ranked #9,069.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,069 |
| Best rank | #1,680 (1903) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,338 in the 1970s |
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