Names / Girl names
Gwendolyn
Current rank
#360
holding steady
All-time peak
#112
in 1953
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
124,700
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #112 in 1953 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(GWEN-duh-lin): Welsh-rooted with Gwen element. Elegant, and Gwen makes a clean nickname. The name first appears in U.S. records in 1880. Today it sits at #360 and is keeping its place. Its strongest year was 1953, at #112 nationally. Over 124,700 have carried it since records began.