girl's name

Gweneth

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,369

Gweneth is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2008, when 52 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.

Gweneth over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Gweneth by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 83
1920s 127
1930s 106
1940s 104
1950s 95
1960s 28
1970s 29
1990s 35
2000s 336
2010s 287
2020s (to 2025) 88

How popular is Gweneth?

In 2025, Gweneth was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Gweneth is used

Canada #3,531 5 in 2019
England & Wales #6,305 3 in 2021
United States #7,166 15 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Gweneth

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Gweneth also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Gweneth over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Gweneth

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Gweneth — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Gweneth

How popular is the name Gweneth?

In 2025, Gweneth was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Gweneth a girl's or a boy's name?

Gweneth is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Gweneth most popular?

Gweneth peaked in 2008, when 52 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Gweneth a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Gweneth currently ranks #7,166 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.