Name profile

Gwendolyn

This name is a variant of Gwendolen.

Usage languagesCroatian, Dutch, English, Welsh
US rank (2025)#360

Meaning and history

Gwendolyn is a variant of Gwendolen and the standard spelling in the United States.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 458 births, rank #628
2007: 455 births, rank #651
2008: 527 births, rank #589
2009: 522 births, rank #582
2010: 518 births, rank #561
20112011: 513 births, rank #565
2012: 592 births, rank #514
2013: 651 births, rank #471
2014: 764 births, rank #422
2015: 791 births, rank #405
20162016: 826 births, rank #402
2017: 822 births, rank #377
2018: 845 births, rank #371
2019: 852 births, rank #370
2020: 820 births, rank #378
20212021: 794 births, rank #397
2022: 802 births, rank #389
2023: 814 births, rank #378
2024: 804 births, rank #393
20252025: 848 births, rank #360

Gwendolyn rose from #393 to #360 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1953, with 3,519 births.