girl's name

Gwynneth

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 260

Gwynneth is a girl's name. In 2021 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2001, when 16 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1931.

Gwynneth over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2021, not a full ten years.

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'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Gwynneth by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 6
1940s 12
1950s 18
1960s 5
1970s 5
1990s 34
2000s 107
2010s 62
2020s (to 2021) 6

How popular is Gwynneth?

In 2021, Gwynneth was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Gwynneth is used

Canada #2,733 5 in 1997
United States #14,582 6 in 2021

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 Gwynneth

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

Parents who like Gwynneth also like

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

Sibling names for Gwynneth

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

Common questions about Gwynneth

How popular is the name Gwynneth?

In 2021, Gwynneth was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Gwynneth is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Gwynneth most popular?

Gwynneth peaked in 2001, when 16 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.