Gwendolynn vs Gweneth
American parents have registered 1,454 Gwendolynns since 1880, against 1,318 Gweneths. Gwendolynn is still ahead, with 34 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gwendolynn Gweneth
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 112 years in which either name was published, Gwendolynn for 62 years and Gweneth for 50 years. The lead changed hands 13 times.
- 1913–1944 Gweneth ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1948–1998 Gwendolynn ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1999–2012 Gweneth ahead
- 2017–2025 Gwendolynn ahead
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Gwendolynn | Gweneth | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,454 | 1,318 |
| Most in one year | 41 | 52 |
| Babies in 2025 | 34 | 15 |
| Estimated living today | 1,300 | 950 |
| Median age today | 24 | 18 |
| Peak year | 2023 | 2008 |
| Best rank | 3,709th girls | 3,222nd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,172nd | 7,133rd |
| First recorded | 1921 | 1913 |
| Girls / boys | 1,454 / 0 | 1,318 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Gwendolynns alive today are over 24; half the Gweneths are over 18. That is 6 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Gwendolynn California (5.1×)
- Gweneth California (7.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Gwendolynn and Gweneth.