How Many People Are Named Gwyn?
people named Gwyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 187,484 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,414 babies named Gwyn in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
135 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "white, fair, blessed" in Welsh.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gwyn, 94.7% were girls and 5.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Gwyn rose from 54.7% in the 1930s to 100% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gwyn alive today is about 56 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gwyn first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1962, to 135 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gwyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #935, in 1962. In 2025 it ranked #9,678. Among boys, its best rank was #2,175, in 1935.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,678 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #935 (1962) | #2,175 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,304 in the 1960s | #2,756 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gwyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gwyn were born in California than in any other state: about 91 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gwyn was given 5.1 times as often in North Carolina, 3 times in California and 2.1 times in Pennsylvania.
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