Gwendolyn

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Welsh

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 1941 and has been recorded in 66 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 44 babies (rank #311 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Gwendolyn

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

1,225
Total babies (all years)
66
Years in the data
44
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19411#57
19421#159
19451#213
19501#78
19511#181
19532#963
19542#980
19552#998
19565#799
19576#769
195812#608
19599#687
19607#769
19617#780
196215#586
196311#670
196414#619
196521#525
196625#475
196723#496
196828#452
196929#448
197041#365
197136#375
197244#311
197339#333
197436#347
197532#359
197634#336
197725#411
197821#447
197926#396
198037#333
198131#374
198230#378
198327#395
198418#527
198523#474
198632#388
198717#576
198824#467
198916#608
199034#399
199123#511
199236#385
199322#536
199422#523
199517#591
199618#581
199713#697
199824#486
199920#534
200013#707
200117#587
200220#540
200318#568
200418#557
200516#567
200612#654
200715#573
200816#562
200910#695
201014#569
20119#685
20133#1,083
20153#43