Gwen
Rank in 2025
#725
recorded as girls
Down 27 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
384
girls 384
Peak year
1959
942 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
32,911
since 1890
Born a Gwen? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Gwen was most popular in 1959, when 942 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.47 per 1,000). In 2025, 384 babies were named Gwen, ranking #725 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 22%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 384 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 403 | 698 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 341 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 329 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 325 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 331 | 822 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 328 | 828 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 295 | 909 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 317 | 864 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 373 | 765 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 377 | 748 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 278 | 962 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 266 | 953 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 224 | 1108 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 196 | 1224 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 163 | 1402 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 185 | 1307 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 201 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 186 | 1308 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 160 | 1415 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 156 | 1378 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 123 | 1593 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 149 | 1358 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 134 | 1425 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 91 | 1901 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 68 | 2277 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 55 | 2567 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 62 | 2279 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 60 | 2259 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 47 | 2630 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 37 | 3087 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 51 | 2465 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 41 | 2882 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 47 | 2612 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 57 | 2270 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 55 | 2289 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 64 | 1981 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 50 | 2251 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 80 | 1570 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 69 | 1691 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 104 | 1287 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 108 | 1205 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 132 | 1049 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 136 | 1058 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 153 | 955 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 175 | 875 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 210 | 765 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 206 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 218 | 710 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 275 | 590 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 323 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 284 | 566 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 214 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 301 | 552 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 368 | 510 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 354 | 534 | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | 362 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 363 | 510 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 373 | 494 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 463 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 484 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 612 | 391 | 9 | 2854 |
| 1963 | 670 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 859 | 320 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 882 | 310 | 6 | 3652 |
| 1960 | 893 | 316 | 7 | 3337 |
| 1959 | 942 | 295 | 9 | 2821 |
| 1958 | 893 | 299 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 830 | 317 | 11 | 2494 |
| 1956 | 762 | 317 | 6 | 3535 |
| 1955 | 740 | 316 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 682 | 324 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 573 | 355 | 9 | 2709 |
| 1952 | 472 | 381 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 429 | 395 | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | 457 | 378 | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | 446 | 372 | 15 | 1941 |
| 1948 | 448 | 374 | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | 509 | 356 | 10 | 2498 |
| 1946 | 483 | 338 | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | 365 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 329 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 384 | 367 | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | 388 | 354 | 6 | 3212 |
| 1941 | 341 | 361 | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | 357 | 338 | 8 | 2671 |
| 1939 | 358 | 334 | 7 | 2829 |
| 1938 | 378 | 322 | 7 | 2868 |
| 1937 | 280 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 303 | 362 | 10 | 2301 |
| 1935 | 302 | 362 | 5 | 3645 |
| 1934 | 252 | 413 | 8 | 2742 |
| 1933 | 260 | 400 | 7 | 3004 |
| 1932 | 239 | 424 | 10 | 2465 |
| 1931 | 188 | 470 | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | 248 | 420 | 6 | 3592 |
| 1929 | 207 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 188 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 148 | 581 | 10 | 2703 |
| 1926 | 159 | 565 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 109 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 117 | 685 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 110 | 699 | 9 | 2950 |
| 1922 | 105 | 709 | 6 | 3872 |
| 1921 | 101 | 732 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 93 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 93 | 724 | 5 | 4168 |
| 1918 | 81 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 110 | 649 | 5 | 3981 |
| 1916 | 84 | 737 | 8 | 2926 |
| 1915 | 93 | 685 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 76 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 64 | 645 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 50 | 709 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 41 | 676 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 24 | 877 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 42 | 594 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 21 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 19 | 871 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 15 | 965 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 16 | 926 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 17 | 880 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 16 | 862 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 13 | 972 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 16 | 829 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 11 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 15 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 5 | 1555 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 6 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 5 | 1592 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 9 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 5 | 1450 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 7 | 1093 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 8 | 1006 | <5 | — |
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Where Gwen is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years