Gwyneth vs Gwynn

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Gwyneth Gwynn

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 111 years in which either name was published, Gwyneth for 82 years and Gwynn for 29 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.

• 1917–1929 Gwyneth ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1930–1932 Gwynn ahead
• 1933–1935 Gwyneth ahead
• 1938–1962 Gwynn ahead, apart from 3 short spells
• 1968–2025 Gwyneth ahead

14 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 Gwynns alive today are over 58; half the Gwyneths are over 17. That is 41 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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