How Many People Are Named Gwyneth?
people named Gwyneth are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 54,817 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,657 babies named Gwyneth 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
288 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly a variant of GWYNEDD or a form of Welsh gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed". It has been common in Wales since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gwyneth in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gwyneth alive today is about 20 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gwyneth first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2013, to 288 babies. In 2025, 114 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gwyneth has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #892, in 2013. In 2025 it ranked #1,771.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,771 |
| Best rank | #892 (2013) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,153 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gwyneth alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gwyneth were born in California than in any other state: about 691 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gwyneth was given 2 times as often in Ohio, 1.8 times in Missouri and 1.7 times in Indiana.
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