How rare is the name Gwyneth?

5,435 people in the United States have the first name Gwyneth, about 1 in 55,572. It ranks #3,723 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GWYNETH

#3,723

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,435
About
1 in 55,572
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,435 people named Gwyneth, 79.9% reported their origin as White, 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gwyneth peaked in 2013, when 288 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
288
In 2025*
114 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,657 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Gwyneth by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,981. The largest share of babies named Gwyneth, 47.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#5,53056
1920s#4,612127
1930s#5,09086
1940s#4,575120
1950s#3,776218
1960s#4,741174
1970s#6,096163
1980s#7,158167
1990s#4,254500
2000s#1,9812,119
2010s#2,1022,145
2020s#2,967782
Greatest Generation 1901–272.2%
Silent Generation 1928–452.8%
Baby boom 1946–645.5%
Generation X 1965–803.9%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–1247.4%
2013 and later34.1%

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 Gwyneth is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gwyneth has been most common in Colorado (2×), Virginia (1.9×), and Utah (1.8×), and least common in Kentucky (0.48×).

3,922 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.

Either side of Gwyneth

#3,721 Ireland · 5,437#3,722 Daquan · 5,436#3,724 Trever · 5,434#3,725 Hanan · 5,431

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gwyneth, most common first.

#6,162 Gwenyth · 2,629#12,143 Gweneth · 1,034#24,497 Gwynneth · 393#30,674 Gwenith · 283#30,958 Gwenneth · 279#53,039 Gwynette · 103

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