Gwen

Gwen

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Welsh

Meaning

Gwen is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "white, holy".

From Wikipedia

Gwen first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 61 babies (rank #671 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Gwen

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

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

715

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Gwen

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	18	#1,085
1997	22	#956
1998	18	#1,134
1999	15	#1,277
2000	17	#1,163
2001	13	#1,471
2002	17	#1,210
2003	19	#1,191
2004	13	#1,649
2005	33	#856
2006	28	#1,013
2007	32	#947
2008	44	#784
2009	50	#731
2010	48	#764
2011	53	#725
2012	54	#740
2013	57	#704
2014	52	#757
2015	61	#671
2016	51	#775

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

#1,085

1997

#956

1998

#1,134

1999

#1,277

2000

#1,163

2001

#1,471

2002

#1,210

2003

#1,191

2004

#1,649

2005

#856

2006

#1,013

2007

#947

2008

#784

2009

#731

2010

#764

2011

#725

2012

#740

2013

#704

2014

#757

2015

#671

2016

#775