first name
GWENDOLYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 74,571 people named Gwendolyn, 46.9% reported their origin as Black, 45.2% as White and 3.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gwendolyn peaked in 1953, when 3,531 babies got the name.
At least 124,718 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gwendolyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #242. The largest share of babies named Gwendolyn, 43.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gwendolyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gwendolyn has been most common in Louisiana (2.5×), District of Columbia (2.5×), and Alabama (2.3×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.1×).
119,578 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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