Gwyn
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls 87.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 129 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,115since 1922
Gwyn over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,107 | 39 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,859 | 47 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,672 | 45 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,190 | 86 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,065 | 102 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #934 | 129 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #963 | 125 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,073 | 100 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,262 | 72 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #1,628 | 44 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,249 | 63 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #1,439 | 45 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Gwyn! It came in at #5,009, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gwyn
- 1,014 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #9,457)
- 1,633 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #9,457)
- 691 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 110 spots in 1961 (#1,073 → #963)
- Biggest drop: 131 spots in 1963 (#934 → #1,065)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1962 at #934 (129 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1961–1962
- Highest: 1 in 15,245 girls born in 1962 were named Gwyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.3% of all girls named Gwyn (726) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1935, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 42 | #2,921 (1929) | #4,009 |
| 1930s | 94 | #1,999 (1937) | #2,741 |
| 1940s | 208 | #1,335 (1949) | #2,135 |
| 1950s | 443 | #1,249 (1954) | #1,573 |
| 1960s | 726 | #934 (1962) | #1,508 |
| 1970s | 262 | #1,859 (1970) | #3,064 |
| 1980s | 66 | #4,978 (1980) | #8,132 |
| 1990s | 22 | #11,509 (1991) | #12,391 |
| 2000s | 107 | #6,356 (2006) | #9,409 |
| 2010s | 87 | #8,597 (2019) | #10,684 |
| 2020s | 58 | #8,055 (2023) | #10,329 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gwyn in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
More about 1954
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1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 30,824 of them was named Gwyn, which outranked 81.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,241Rhona64
- #1,241Risa64
- #1,241Sanjuana64
- #1,249Gwyn63
- #1,249Dori63
- #1,249Gene63
- #1,249Lonna63
- #1,256Alecia62
- #1,256Alesia62
- #1,256Bridgett62
Tied with 6 names at #1,249; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.