Gwyn vs Gwyndolyn

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Gwyn Gwyndolyn

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 106 years in which either name was published, Gwyn for 93 years and Gwyndolyn for 13 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.

• 1915–1993 Gwyn ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1995–2001 Gwyndolyn ahead
• 2002–2011 Gwyn ahead

11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

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 Gwyns alive today are over 62; half the Gwyndolyns are over 30. That is 32 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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