How Many People Are Named Gwendolyn?
people named Gwendolyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,956 people in the US has this name
Based on 124,718 babies named Gwendolyn in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,531 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of GWENDOLEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Gwendolyn in English. Counting Gwendolyn and these spellings together, about 87,130 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Gwendolyn (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gwendolyn alive today is about 55 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gwendolyn first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1953, to 3,531 babies. In 2025, 848 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gwendolyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #112, in 1951 and 1953. In 2025 it ranked #360.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #360 |
| Best rank | #112 (1951 and 1953) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #132 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gwendolyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gwendolyn were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,009 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gwendolyn was given 2.3 times as often in Louisiana, 2.1 times in Alabama and 2.1 times in District of Columbia.
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