Gwyn
Gwyn was the 9681st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 935th with 129 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 713 places. More babies were named Gwyn in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,681 girls, up 1,776 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1962129 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,414babies recorded
Gwyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,681 | — | 10 | — |
| 2020 | #11,457 | — | 8 | — |
| 2010 | #9,435 | — | 12 | — |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | #13,741 | — | 5 | — |
| 1980 | #5,064 | — | 14 | — |
| 1970 | #1,866 | #3,999 | 47 | 7 |
| 1960 | #1,077 | #4,268 | 100 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,693 | — | 31 | — |
| 1940 | #2,477 | #2,561 | 12 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,476 | #2,866 | 8 | 9 |
| 1920 | — | #3,331 | — | 8 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Gwyn, counting every spelling?
Gwyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 29 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 29 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwyn | 10 | #9,681 | 50 |
| Gwynn | 13 | #8,036 | 50 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Gwyn?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gwyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Gwyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gwyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Gwyn?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Gwyn are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 51 and 68. That makes Gwyn a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Gwyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gwyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Gwyn
How popular is the name Gwyn?
Gwyn was the 9681st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 935th with 129 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 713 places. More babies were named Gwyn in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Gwyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Gwyn in the US.