Gwendolyn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gwendolyn: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 16 years, it reached #343 in 1975, and it stood at #1,036 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#343highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Gwendolyn's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1999	#1970
2003	#3099
2004	#2802
2005	#4798
2006	#2137
2007	#2410
2008	#2487
2009	#2019
2010	#2104
2011	#2636
2012	#1809
2013	#2176
2014	#2203
2015	#1601
2016	#1241
2017	#1512
2018	#1586
2019	#1497
2020	#2449
2021	#1569
2022	#1282
2023	#1410
2024	#1036

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 Republic of Ireland in 11 of the 51 years from 1964 to 2014.

In 2014: #876 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2203 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2014
Highest recorded position: #343 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1975 (recorded 1964–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1036 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Gwendolyn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 24 ranked years and 342 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Gwendolyn 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.

Gwendolyn'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#343 (1975)	#876 (2014)	11 of 51	47 (1964–2014)	7 (1975)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#1036 (2024)	#1036 (2024)	24 of 29	342 (1996–2024)	33 (2024)

Gwendolyn 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 Gwendolyn in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000s	54	7 of 10	8
2010s	167	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	109	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Gwendolyn 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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #343 in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Gwendolyn'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	#1036	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1410	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1241	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	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 1964 and 2024, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #343, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

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.

Gwendolen · #396, 24y
Gwendoline · #174, 45y
Gwenllian · #1074, 29y
Gwennan · #1450, 28y

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.

Ayrton · #342, 30y
Ayub · #342, 30y
Caoilfhionn · #344, 38y
Dawud · #346, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Catrina · #343, 27y
Bridin · #344, 19y
Marisa · #344, 46y
Samson · #342, 44y

Gwendolyn was ranked #343 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1975. 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.

Gwendolyn 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 Gwendolyn without appearing here.

Gwendolyn moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1809 and #5876.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #5581.
Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2636 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #5742.
Francis Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Gwendolyn

Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2802 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Blake Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #1587.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1970 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #2727.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Gwendolyn

Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gwendolyn went from #372 to #876 while Amelia went from #300 to #7.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gwendolyn went from #372 to #876 while Aoife went from #206 to #10.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gwendolyn went from #372 to #876 while Clodagh went from #149 to #44.
Eva Compare
Between 1964 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gwendolyn went from #372 to #876 while Eva went from #257 to #43.

Moved the same way as Gwendolyn

Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gwendolyn went from #372 to #876 and Amanda from #118 to #291.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gwendolyn went from #372 to #876 and Angela from #24 to #427.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gwendolyn went from #372 to #876 and Ann from #4 to #264.
Anne Compare
Between 1964 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gwendolyn went from #372 to #876 and Anne from #5 to #404.

What's not yet available

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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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #343 in Republic of Ireland in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Gwendolyn at a glance

What stands out in Gwendolyn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gwendolyn across 2 official records

Gwendolyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Gwendolyn at a glance

What stands out in Gwendolyn's record

Gwendolyn across 2 official records

Gwendolyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Gwendolyn appears in

What the record shows

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