Feminine dossier · first seen 1921

Gwendolynn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gwendolynn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2023

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1921Peak 20232024

Peak year

2023

Decline from peak

43.9%

2024

All-time

1,420

Gwendolynn has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2023, when 41 girls were named Gwendolynn.

In 2024, only 23 girls were given the name.

Down 43.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,420 Americans have been named Gwendolynn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1921.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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