Gwyneth

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gwyneth: Recorded since 1971, with a gap of 13 years, its highest recorded position is #466, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#466highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Gwyneth's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2738
1998	#2407
1999	#1805
2000	#1475
2001	#2783
2002	#2540
2003	#2727
2004	#3197
2005	#2084
2006	#1585
2007	#1854
2008	#1914
2009	#2535
2010	#4012
2011	#2275
2012	#3285
2013	#2313
2014	#5691
2015	#2705
2016	#2757
2017	#3583
2018	#2674
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#2499
2022	#3970
2023	#2927
2024	#1894

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 6 of the 39 years from 1971 to 2009.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2535 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2009
Highest recorded position: #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1971 (recorded 1971–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Gwyneth appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 238 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1971.

Gwyneth 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.

Gwyneth'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	#466 (1971)	#466 (1971)	#893 (2009)	6 of 39	19 (1971–2009)	4 (2004)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1475 (2000)	#1894 (2024)	29 of 29	238 (1996–2024)	15 (2006)

Gwyneth 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 Gwyneth in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	94	10 of 10	9
2010s	76	10 of 10	8
2020s	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Gwyneth 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 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #466 in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Gwyneth'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	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 1971 and 2024, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #466, first reached in 1971.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 25 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.

Gwydion · #2020, 15y
Gwyn · #1454, 24y
Gyan · #2690, 11y
Gyda · #296, 47y

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.

Veer · #466, 27y
Eugenie · #467, 29y
Lora · #467, 29y
Noemi · #468, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Blanche · #466, 12y
Bridgette · #466, 12y
Eugenie · #467, 29y
Carmela · #471, 27y

Gwyneth was ranked #466 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1971. 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.

Gwyneth 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 Gwyneth without appearing here.

Gwyneth moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Gwyneth

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2313 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2275 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #1893.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2757 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2201.

Moved the same way as Gwyneth

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwyneth went from #3197 to #1894 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gwyneth went from #4012 to #1894 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #466 in Republic of Ireland in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gwyneth

Gwyneth at a glance

What stands out in Gwyneth's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gwyneth across 2 official records

Gwyneth by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Gwyneth appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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What stands out in Gwyneth's record

Gwyneth across 2 official records

Gwyneth by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Gwyneth and the names beside it

Gwyneth moved ahead of

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