Gwyn vs Gwynne

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Gwyn Gwynne

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 79 years and Gwynne for 27 years. The lead changed hands 20 times.

• 1915–1940 Gwyn ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1941–1943 Gwynne ahead
• 1947–1980 Gwyn ahead, apart from 3 short spells
• 1981–1990 Gwynne ahead
• 1991–1993 Gwyn ahead
• 1996–2000 Gwynne ahead
• 2003–2025 Gwyn ahead, apart from one short spell

9 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.

Where each one is strongest

• Gwyn North Carolina (4.8×), Michigan (2.8×), California (2.5×)
• Gwynne New York (4.1×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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