Feminine dossier · first seen 1922

Gwyn

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

129

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1922Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

90.7%

2024

All-time

2,105

Gwyn 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 1962, when 129 girls were named Gwyn.

In 2024, only 12 girls were given the name.

Down 90.7% from its peak.

All told, about 2,105 Americans have been named Gwyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1922.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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