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.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#396highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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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
2025	#4867

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 28 years from 1998 to 2025.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1970–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

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 recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4867 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Gwendolen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 21 ranked years and 110 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)	#4867 (2025)	21 of 28	110 (1998–2025)	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	25	5 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 Wales has 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.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2025. 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
2025	England and Wales	female	#4867	4	High	Verified
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.

Where Gwendolen is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Gwendolen, between 1970 and 2025, in 25 of those 56 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1970–1974	4	#396 in 1970
England and Wales	1998–2025	21	#2392 in 2010

Its high point came 40 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1970) than in England and Wales (2010).

No registrar recorded it for 23 years after 1974; it appears again in 1998.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

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.

Angelina#396
Angeline#396
Breege#396
Bronwen#396
Adrianne#447
Ailis#447
Alexis#447
Amber#447

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 2,576 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
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Hennie
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Therese
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Finlay
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Gwendolen

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

Frida
Between 2000 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwendolen went from #2746 to #4867 while Frida went from #3912 to #922.
Liv
Between 2000 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwendolen went from #2746 to #4867 while Liv went from #3912 to #2278.
Harper
Between 2001 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwendolen went from #2466 to #4867 while Harper went from #3262 to #23.
Rory
Between 2010 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwendolen went from #2392 to #4867 while Rory went from #5707 to #1271.

Moved the same way as Gwendolen

Selma
Between 2000 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwendolen went from #2746 to #4867 and Selma from #1389 to #2278.
Martine
Between 1998 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwendolen went from #3848 to #5785 and Martine from #1036 to #4764.

What is known about Gwendolen

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1970–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #396 in Republic of Ireland in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gwendolen

Gwendolen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gwendolen across 2 official records

Gwendolen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Gwendolen appears in

Popularity data

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Gwendolen at a glance

Gwendolen across 2 official records

Gwendolen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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