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 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 15,245 of them was named Gwyn, which outranked 87.7% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #931Aretha130
- #931Francesca130
- #931Randy130
- #934Gwyn129
- #934Deeann129
- #934Mark129
- #934Rosita129
- #939Barbra128
- #939Celestine128
- #939Kandi128
Tied with 4 names at #934; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 344,795 of them was named Gwyn, which outranked 21.4% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,305Yehuda7
- #3,305Yvette7
- #3,305Zeferino7
- #3,640Gwyn6
- #3,640Abdon6
- #3,640Abdullah6
- #3,640Alcides6
- #4,033Able5
- #4,033Acy5
- #4,033Adelaido5
Tied with 392 names at #3,640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.