Gwendolen

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gwendolen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gwendolen: Recorded since 1970, with a gap of 23 years, its highest recorded position is #396, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#396highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Gwendolen's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#3667
2009	#3936
2010	#2392
2011	#5785
2013	#3160
2014	#2659
2016	#3609
2018	#3178
2019	#3151
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1970–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #396 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1970–1974
Highest recorded position: #396 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1970 (recorded 1970–1974).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Gwendolen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 20 ranked years and 106 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1970.

Gwendolen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gwendolen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#2392 (2010)	#3695 (2024)	20 of 27	106 (1998–2024)	10 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#396 (1970)	#396 (1970)	#490 (1974)	4 of 5	14 (1970–1974)	4 (1970)

Gwendolen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gwendolen in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	33	8 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	49	7 of 10	7
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Gwendolen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #396 in Republic of Ireland in 1970.

Gwendolen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1970 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #396, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
23 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Gwendoline · #174, 45y
Gwendolyn · #343, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amelia-Grace · #397, 20y
Ara · #397, 19y
Harriette · #397, 29y
Liadan · #397, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Davida · #396, 10y
Eilen · #396, 27y
Della · #393, 31y
Adelle · #391, 29y

Gwendolen was ranked #396 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1970. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gwendolen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gwendolen without appearing here.

Gwendolen moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Gwendolen

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2746 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Gwendolen

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwendolen went from #2466 to #3695 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.

Moved the same way as Gwendolen

Martine Compare
Between 1998 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwendolen went from #3848 to #5785 and Martine from #1036 to #4764.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #396 in Republic of Ireland in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gwendolen

Gwendolen at a glance

What stands out in Gwendolen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gwendolen across 2 official records

Gwendolen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Gwendolen at a glance

What stands out in Gwendolen's record

Gwendolen across 2 official records

Gwendolen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

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