Gwendolyn

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Gwendolyn is a feminine given name, a variant spelling of Gwendolen. This has been the most popular spelling in the United States.

From Wikipedia

Gwendolyn first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 141 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1953 with 3,518 babies (rank #112 that year). In 2024 it was given to 802 girls (rank #393). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Gwendolyn

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gwendolyn yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

123,866

Total babies (all years)

141

Years in the data

3,518

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn Brooksnovelist · b. 1917

Share your Gwendolyn story

Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.

More popular girls' names

Names ranked near Gwendolyn in 2024

Other girls' names starting with G

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	5	#871
1881	5	#873
1886	6	#1,025
1887	8	#891
1888	9	#918
1889	12	#773
1890	11	#848
1891	6	#1,259
1892	18	#697
1893	15	#775
1894	16	#763
1895	28	#566
1896	24	#644
1897	27	#587
1898	33	#562
1899	27	#599
1900	37	#571
1901	39	#484
1902	57	#409
1903	62	#404
1904	75	#380
1905	68	#410
1906	87	#359
1907	100	#356
1908	127	#314
1909	123	#325
1910	151	#311
1911	194	#279
1912	276	#269
1913	298	#271
1914	382	#265
1915	575	#246
1916	574	#254
1917	577	#258
1918	657	#250
1919	647	#252
1920	758	#236
1921	819	#227
1922	771	#233
1923	849	#222
1924	884	#220
1925	889	#218
1926	848	#217
1927	960	#204
1928	988	#203
1929	892	#207
1930	959	#200
1931	893	#205
1932	929	#198
1933	926	#184
1934	1,002	#181
1935	984	#180
1936	944	#191
1937	1,084	#184
1938	1,205	#169
1939	1,182	#168
1940	1,222	#169
1941	1,268	#168
1942	1,380	#169
1943	1,535	#161
1944	1,525	#159
1945	1,560	#151
1946	2,062	#132
1947	2,450	#130
1948	2,506	#124
1949	2,836	#114
1950	3,039	#113
1951	3,192	#112
1952	3,329	#114
1953	3,518	#112
1954	3,409	#122
1955	3,458	#122
1956	3,376	#128
1957	3,302	#132
1958	2,668	#151
1959	2,653	#159
1960	2,547	#163
1961	2,535	#165
1962	2,508	#161
1963	2,257	#171
1964	1,893	#193
1965	1,702	#194
1966	1,414	#217
1967	1,337	#219
1968	1,241	#233
1969	1,200	#247
1970	1,220	#254
1971	1,081	#267
1972	870	#289
1973	764	#304
1974	795	#301
1975	791	#297
1976	731	#313
1977	586	#367
1978	543	#385
1979	533	#406
1980	486	#441
1981	444	#478
1982	432	#481
1983	392	#496
1984	359	#536
1985	410	#494
1986	370	#549
1987	317	#609
1988	310	#638
1989	318	#649
1990	314	#681
1991	314	#683
1992	317	#684
1993	267	#774
1994	289	#717
1995	228	#856
1996	282	#750
1997	311	#691
1998	315	#702
1999	347	#661
2000	317	#731
2001	374	#672
2002	453	#578
2003	458	#597
2004	476	#590
2005	508	#564
2006	458	#629
2007	455	#651
2008	527	#590
2009	522	#582
2010	518	#561
2011	513	#566
2012	592	#514
2013	651	#470
2014	764	#421
2015	791	#406
2016	826	#402
2017	822	#377
2018	845	#371
2019	852	#370
2020	820	#378
2021	794	#397
2022	801	#389
2023	814	#378
2024	802	#393